During the year 1971 there are major anniversaries of the birth or death of four men whose accomplishments and influence have been of importance to the development of physics. They are Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Heimholtz, Sir John Frederick William Herschel, Johann Kepler, and Lord Ernest Rutherford, Baron of Nelson. Brief accounts of their careers are given here.
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