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Where did Ernest Rutherford grow up in New Zealand?

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Ernest Rutherford was born in Spring Grove, New Zealand, in 1871. He grew up in an agrarian society and attended local state schools until 1886, when he earned a scholarship to attend Nelson Collegiate School. Later, he moved to Christchurch to pursue his higher education at Canterbury College.12