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Ernest Bevin

(1881 - 1951), English trade unionist and statesman. In 1922 he helped found the Transport and General Workers Union. He was minister of labour in the coalition war government of 1940 � 45.

Ernest Henry Shackleton

[Sir], (1874 - 1922), Anglo-Irish explorer. He served in Robert Scott's Antarctic expedition, and later commanded two further expeditions - in 1908-09 and 1914-16.

Ernest Rutherford

[1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson], (1871 -1937), New Zealand physicist. In 1908 he was awarded the Nobel prize for chemistry. He discovered alpha, beta and gamma radiation.

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Victor Francis Hess

(1883-1964), Austrian-born American physicist. In 1936 he shared the Nobel prize for physics with the American physicist Carl David Anderson for his research into cosmic rays.