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Degrees
Note. World-wide,
exams are sat at the end of the academic year, ie in late spring. In the southern
hemisphere this is in November. In Rutherford's day the papers were then shipped to the
examiners in Britain and the results telegraphed back to New Zealand in time for the new
academic year which started in March (Autumn). The formal results arrived back by seamail
in May and the degrees were formally presented at a ceremony in August. The dates listed
here are those of the year of presentation, whereas in other places I usually give them as
the date the exams were sat in order to avoid confusion for northern hemisphere readers.
Rutherford sat his final BA papers in November of 1892.
After Ern died, Mary gave his degree parchments to an elderly woman neighbour, whose
hobby was making lampshades out of parchments. Luckily, after the Second World War, Robin
Adams, a New Zealand geophysics student found himself sitting under a lampshade made from
two of Ern's degrees from the University of New Zealand. Eventually he was given the
parchments which he presented to the University of Canterbury in 19XXX .
These are listed here. The early ones are degrees awarded via examinations or by
publication record, and the later ones are honorary degrees. Odd parchments and
certificates of honorary membership of societies are also included for completeness.
If you know of any other certificates not included in this list please let me know.
| Degrees |
Awarded |
| 1893 |
BA |
University
of New Zealand |
| 1894 |
MA
with double first class honours |
University
of New Zealand |
| 1895 |
BSc |
University
of New Zealand |
| 1897 |
BA
(Research) |
Cambridge
University |
| 1901 |
DSc |
University
of New Zealand |
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| Honorary |
Degrees |
| 1900 |
MSc |
McGill
University |
| 1906 |
DSc |
University
of Pensylvannia |
| 1907 |
LLD |
McGill
University |
| 1907 |
PhD |
Ludwigsuniversitat
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| 1909 |
DPhysics |
Clark
University |
| 1914 |
DSc |
Melbourne
University |
| 1924 |
DSc |
University
of Toronto |
| 1927 |
DSc |
Yale
University |
| 1930 |
PhD |
London
University |
| 1931 |
DSc |
University
of New Zealand |
| 1931 |
PhD |
Gottingen
University |
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| Fellowships, etc |
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| 1901 |
Fellow |
Royal
Society of Canada |
| 1903 |
Fellow |
Royal
Society of London |
| 1911 |
Foreign
Associate |
National
Academy of Sciences (USA) |
| 1912 |
Foreign
corresponding member |
Kaiserliche
Akademie Der Wissenschaften |
| 1915 |
Foreign
Honorary Member |
American
Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| 1919 |
Corresponding
Member |
Batavian
Association of Experimental Philosophy |
| 1919 |
Honorary
Fellow |
Royal
Society of Medicine |
| 1920 |
Honorary
Member |
Academia
Regia Scientiarium Neerlandica |
| 1920 |
Fellow |
New
Zealand Institute |
| 1920 |
Member |
Societa
Italiana Della Scienze |
| 1924 |
Honorary
Member |
Franklin
Institute |
| 1932 |
Member |
Kaiserlich
Deutsche Academie der Naturforscher |
| 1936 |
Fellow |
Pontifical
Academy of Sciences, Vatican |
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| Miscellaneous |
Parchments |
| 1911 |
XXX |
Koniglich
Bayerische Akademie de Wissenschaften |
| 1920 |
XXX |
Societas
Regia Scientiarum Hauniensis |
| 1928 |
XXX |
Academia
Scientiarium Borussica |
| XXX |
Honorary
Member |
Royal
Philosophical Society of Glasgow |
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