Sir James Chadwick, CH, FRS (20 October 1891 – 24 July 1974) was an English Nobel laureate in physics awarded for his discovery of the neutron.
Chadwick was born in Bollington, Cheshire to John Joseph Chadwick and Annie Mary née Knowles. He went to Bollington Cross C of E Primary School, attended the Central Grammar School for Boys in Manchester, and then studied at the Universities of Manchester and Cambridge.
In 1913 Chadwick went and worked wi...
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- Oct 20, 1891
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- Jul 24, 1974 (age 82 years)
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