Donald Trump angered New Zealanders on his first day in office when he asserted that America split the atom, something that Sir Ernest Rutherford ... a visit to the Lord Rutherford Memorial ...

"John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton developed a device ... to Nelson to visit the Lord Rutherford Memorial in Brightwater," he added, "so we can keep the historic record on who split the atom ...

Scientists based in Manchester, not the US, made the "key breakthrough" in splitting the atom, despite Donald Trump's claims in his inaugural speech, says a lecturer at one of the city's universities.

From left, physicists Ernest Walton and John Douglas Cockroft, right, stand with Lord Ernest Rutherford outside the Cavendish laboratory in Cambridge, England, on May 2, 1932. Photo: AP Trump’s ...

Ernest Rutherford (right ... when appointed, to visit the Lord Rutherford Memorial in Brightwater "so we can keep the historic record on who split the atom first accurate". Atoms split naturally ...

Nick Smith, the mayor of Nelson, near Rutherford's hometown, has invited the US ambassador to visit the Lord Rutherford memorial ... famous and favourite son Sir Ernest Rutherford." ...

FILE - British scientists Dr. E.T.S. Walton, left, and Dr. F.D. Cockroft, right, stand with Lord Rutherford outside the Cavendish laboratory in Cambridge, U.K, May 2 ...

Donald Trump angered New Zealanders on his first day in office when he asserted that America split the atom, something that Sir Ernest Rutherford accomplished.

He said he would be inviting the US Ambassador to New Zealand to Nelson so that he can visit the Lord Rutherford Memorial in Brightwater ... and Irish researchers John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton ...

He said he would be inviting the US Ambassador to New Zealand to Nelson so that he can visit the Lord Rutherford ... John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton under Rutherford’s supervision.