In simple terms, that assertion is correct, but for those with an expertise in the field, the longer answer to who did it ...

Ernest Rutherford (right) and Hans Geiger led the experiments in Manchester [University of Manchester] Scientists based in Manchester, not the US, made the "key breakthrough" in splitting the atom ...

Ernest Rutherford, born in Nelson, New Zealand, and educated in Brightwater, is renowned for his work in nuclear physics. In 1917, while at Victoria University of Manchester in England ...

In his Inaugural Address, Trump credited Americans with splitting the atom, an achievement credited by many to pioneering physicist Ernest Rutherford of New Zealand.

Credited with splitting the nucleus of an atom during experiments at the U.K.'s Manchester ... Rutherford is credited for the initial splitting of the atom, Englishman John Cockcroft and Irishman ...

Start by owning your Microsoft apps Freshen your space with this NASA-inspired odor eliminator — no filters needed Ernest Rutherford ... worked at a university in Manchester in the United ...

Many of those leaping on it suggested the honour was an Anglo-New Zealander one, as it was Sir Ernest Rutherford, a Kiwi scientific genius based at the then-Victoria University of Manchester ...