James Chadwick

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British scientist human nuclear physicist physicist

James Chadwick was a British physicist best known for discovering the neutron and later playing a major scientific leadership role in the development of nuclear weapons during World War II.

Aliases (1)

Sir James Chadwick ×2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British scientist → human → nuclear physicist → physicist →
academicAdvisor	Ernest Rutherford →
awardReceived	Companion of Honour → Copley Medal → Franklin Medal → Hughes Medal → Knight Bachelor → Member of the Order of Merit → Nobel Prize in Physics →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
dateOfBirth	1891-10-20 →
dateOfDeath	1974-07-24 →
discovered	neutron →
educatedAt	Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich → University of Cambridge → University of Manchester → Victoria University of Manchester →
employer	University of Cambridge → University of Liverpool → University of Manchester →
familyName	Chadwick →
fieldOfWork	nuclear physics → particle physics →
fullName	Sir James Chadwick →
givenName	James →
knownFor	beta decay research → discovery of the neutron → neutron →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	Manhattan Project → Royal Society →
militaryConflict	World War II →
NobelPrizeInPhysicsFor	discovery of the neutron →
NobelPrizeInPhysicsYear	1935 →
notableAchievement	contributed to development of nuclear weapons during World War II → led British scientific mission to the Manhattan Project →
notableWork	The Neutron (1932 paper) →
placeOfBirth	Bollington → Cheshire → England →
placeOfDeath	Cambridge → Cambridgeshire → England →
positionHeld	Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge → Professor of Physics at University of Liverpool →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Cavendish Laboratory → Los Alamos Laboratory →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Frisch–Peierls memorandum →	associatedPerson
Cavendish Laboratory →	associatedWithPerson
James Chadwick ("Sir James Chadwick") →	fullName
Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge ("Sir James Chadwick") →	hasGraveOf
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge →	hasNotableAlumnus
Tube Alloys programme →	keyPerson
Manhattan Project →	keyScientist
MAUD Committee →	member
British Mission to the Manhattan Project →	notableMember
Franklin Medal →	notableRecipient
Ernest Rutherford →	student