Alexander William Bickerton
British scientist · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1842 to 1929 · aged 87
Alexander William Bickerton was an English-born chemist and educator who was the first professor of chemistry at Canterbury College in Christchurch, New Zealand. He is best known for teaching and mentoring Ernest Rutherford. He was a natural teacher though an eccentric one, who taught science in an exciting way.
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His differences were not limited to teaching as he formed a socialist community in Christchurch, which he later set up as a theme park. His partial impact theory explaining the appearance of temporary stars was the major work of his lifetime.
