Sir James Chadwick | |
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Born | James Chadwick October 20, 1891 |
Died | 24 July 1974 | (aged 82)
Nationality | British |
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Education | University of Manchester University of Cambridge |
Known for | Discovery of the neutron |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics, 1935Nobel Prize in Physics (1935) Franklin Medal (1951) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Technical University of Berlin University of Liverpool Gonville and Caius College University of Cambridge Manhattan Project |
Academic advisors | Ernest Rutherford Hans Geiger |
Doctoral students | Maurice Goldhaber Ernest C. Pollard Charles Drummond Ellis |
Sir James Chadwick CH FRS, (20 October 1891 – 24 July 1974) was an English physicist and Nobel Prize winner who is best known for discovering the neutron.[1]