2. ““The Existence of a Neutron”The Existence of a Neutron”
James Chadwick proved the existence ofJames Chadwick proved the existence of
neutrons, which later led to the creation ofneutrons, which later led to the creation of
the atomic bomb.the atomic bomb.
For this discovery Chadwick received theFor this discovery Chadwick received the
Hughes Medal of the Royal Society,Hughes Medal of the Royal Society,
subsequently the Nobel Prize for Physicssubsequently the Nobel Prize for Physics
in 1935in 1935
3. Chadwick’s background
• Chadwick was born in Cheshire,
England. He was the son of
Joseph Chadwick and Anne
Mary Knowles. He married
Aileen Stewart Brown of Liver
pool. They had twin daughters,
his hobbies include gardening
and fishing.
4. EDUCATION
• Chadwick attended Manchester high school, he graduated from the Honours School of Physics in
1911. He spent two years under proffesor Rutherford in the Physical Laboratory in Manchester were
he worked on radioactivity problems and gained his M.sc degree in 1913.
• High School: Manchester High School, Manchester, England (1908)
• University: BS Physics, Victoria University of Manchester (1911)
• University: MS Physics, Victoria University of Manchester (1913)
• Scholar: Imperial Physical Technical Institute, Berlin (1913-14)
• Scholar: Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University (1919-23)
• Fellow: Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University (1921-35)
• Scholar: Ass't Director, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University (1923-35)
• Professor: Lyon Jones Chair of Physics, University of Liverpool (1935-48)
• Administrator: Master, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University (1948-59
5. POSITIONS AND AWARDS
• American Philosophical Society Foreign Member
• American Physical Society Foreign Member
• Franklin Institute Foreign Member
• Institute of Physics
• Pontifical Academy of Sciences
• Royal Society 1927
• Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellow (1946)
• United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 1957-62
• Hughes Medal 1932
• Nobel Prize for Physics 1935
• Manhattan Project 1943-46
• Knight of the British Empire 1945
• Copley Medal 1950
• Benjamin Franklin Medal 1951 (by the Franklin Institute)
• Taken Prisoner of War Zivilgefangenenlager Prison, Ruhleben, Germany (1914-18)
• English Ancestry
• Lunar Crater Chadwick (52.7° S, 101.3° W, 30 km. diameter)
