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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 |
| 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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