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
Spouse: Aileen Stewart-Brown (m. 1925–1974)
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
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For four years, James Chadwick was a prisoner of war in Germany. When World War I ended, he returned to his native England to rejoin the mentor of his ...
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Born: October 20, 1891; Manchester, England. Died: Jl;,ly 24,1974; Cambridge, England. Area of Achievement: Nuclear physics.