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Al BollingtonJames Chadwick James Chadwick British experimental physicist (1891–1974) For the bishop, see James Chadwick (bishop). For the American gynaecologist, see James Read Chadwick. Sir James Chadwick (20 October 1891 – 24 July 1974) was a British experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1935 for his discovery of the neutron. 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 nuclear physics. Quick facts 36th Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Preceded by ...… (Source: Wikipedia)
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