Question: The physicist born in 1871 who worked on the identification of alpha radiation as the nucleus of the helium atom, was considered by Encyclopedia Britannica to be the greatest experimentalist since who ?
Sentence (from "Ernest Rutherford"): Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, (30 August 1871 – 19 October 1937) was a New Zealand-born British physicist who came to be known as the father of nuclear physics. "
Relevant evidence: Yes