The Nobel Prize in Physics 1935
Awarded on: 1935-11-14
"for the discovery of the neutron"
Affiliations:
- Liverpool University – Liverpool, United Kingdom
James Chadwick
Born: 1891-10-20 in Manchester, United Kingdom
Gender: male
Field: English nuclear physicist (1891–1974)
Biography
Sir James Chadwick was an English nuclear physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1935 for his discovery of the neutron. In 1941, he wrote the final draft of the MAUD Report, which inspired the U.S. government to begin serious atomic bomb research efforts. He was the head of the British team that worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II. He was knighted in Britain in 1945 for his achievements in nuclear physics.