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Sir James Chadwick

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Sir James Chadwick

Birth
Bollington, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
Death
24 Jul 1974 (aged 82)
Cambridge, City of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Burial
Cremated. Specifically: His body was cremated and his ashes were given to his family. Add to Map
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Sir James Chadwick was a British 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 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 physics.
Sir James Chadwick was a British 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 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 physics.

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