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James Chadwick. Sir James Chadwick, CH, FRS (20 October 1891 – 24 July 1974) was an English physicist who was awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the neutron in 1932. In 1941, he wrote the final draft of the MAUD Report, which inspired the U.S. government to begin serious atom bomb research efforts.
- 20 October 1891, Bollington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
- Physics
James Chadwick (born October 20, 1891, Manchester, England—died July 24, 1974, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) was an English physicist who received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1935 for the discovery of the neutron. Chadwick was educated at the University of Manchester, where he worked under Ernest Rutherford and earned a master’s degree in 1913.
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Lived 1891 – 1974. James Chadwick discovered the neutron in 1932 and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1935. Held in a German prison camp for all of World War 1, he led the British team in the Manhattan Project, in which the UK and Canada supported the USA’s World War 2 effort to build the world’s first nuclear bomb. Advertisements.
James Chadwick was born in Cheshire, England, on 20th October, 1891. He graduated from Manchester University in 1908 and went on to graduate from the Honours School of Physics in 1911. After graduation he spent two years working in Physical Laboratory in Manchester, where he worked on various radioactivity problems, gaining his M.Sc. degree in ...
Jul 28, 2023 · James Chadwick won a Nobel Prize for his discovery of the neutron. The Oppenheimer movie has inevitably ignited interest in one of the most contentious episodes of modern history - the birth of a ...
Jul 29, 2023 · James Chadwick's school in Cheshire now has a blue plaque in tribute to him. Before his tenure at Los Alamos, Chadwick's career had developed in Manchester, often described as the birthplace of ...
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Dec 5, 2015 · James Chadwick was born on October 20th, 1891 in Bollington, Cheshire, England. He was the eldest child of Joseph Chadwick and Mary Knowles. His parents moved to Manchester, England in 1894 while he remained in Bollington with his grandmother. He joined his parents in Manchester at age 11 while attending the Central Grammar School for Boys.
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