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.

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Label Occurrences
James Chadwick canonical 14
Sir James Chadwick 2
James Chadwick’s Nobel Prize in Physics 1935 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British scientist ⓘ
human ⓘ
nuclear physicist ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
academicAdvisor Ernest Rutherford ⓘ
awardReceived The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
surface form: Companion of Honour

Copley Medal ⓘ
Franklin Medal ⓘ
Hughes Medal ⓘ
Knight Bachelor ⓘ
Order of Merit ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge

University of Manchester ⓘ
University of Manchester ⓘ
surface form: Victoria University of Manchester
employer Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge

University of Liverpool ⓘ
University of Manchester ⓘ
familyName Chadwick ⓘ
fieldOfWork nuclear physics ⓘ
particle physics ⓘ
fullName James Chadwick self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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, England ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge

Cambridgeshire, England ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Manhattan Project → keyScientist → James Chadwick ⓘ
MAUD Committee → member → James Chadwick ⓘ
Cavendish Laboratory → associatedWithPerson → James Chadwick ⓘ
Tube Alloys programme → keyPerson → James Chadwick ⓘ
Frisch–Peierls memorandum → associatedPerson → James Chadwick ⓘ
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge → hasNotableAlumnus → James Chadwick ⓘ
Franklin Medal → notableRecipient → James Chadwick ⓘ
James Chadwick → fullName → James Chadwick self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir James Chadwick
Ernest Rutherford → student → James Chadwick ⓘ
British Mission to the Manhattan Project → notableMember → James Chadwick ⓘ
Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge → hasGraveOf → James Chadwick ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir James Chadwick
The Neutron (1932 paper) → author → James Chadwick ⓘ
The Neutron (1932 paper) → basedOnExperimentBy → James Chadwick ⓘ
The Neutron (1932 paper) → contributedTo → James Chadwick ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Chadwick’s Nobel Prize in Physics 1935
Lord Rutherford → influenced → James Chadwick ⓘ
Combined Policy Committee → notableMember → James Chadwick ⓘ
Tizard Mission → participant → James Chadwick ⓘ