James Chadwick
Physicist
Sir James Chadwick, CH, FRS 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... Wikipedia
Born: October 20, 1891, Bollington, United Kingdom
Died: July 24, 1974 (age 82 years), Cambridge, United Kingdom
Known for: Discovery of the neutron; MAUD Committee Report; Manhattan Project
Awards: Fellow of the Royal Society (1927), Hughes Medal (1932), Nobel Prize in Physics (1935), and more
Children: Judith Chadwick and Joanna Stewart Chadwick
Parents: Anne Mary Knowles and John Joseph Knowles
Spouse: Aileen Stewart-Brown (m. 1925–1974)
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