James Chadwick

Sir James Chadwick (October 20, 1891 – July 24, 1974) was an English physicist and Nobel laureate.

Early Life

Chadwick was born in Cheshire, England and educated at the Universities of Manchester and Cambridge.

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Cheshire - England - Manchester - Cambridge

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In 1914 Chadwick went to study under Hans Geiger at the Technische Hochschule in Berlin (today the Technical University of Berlin). During the First World War Chadwick was interned in Germany as an enemy alien. His father was John Joseph Chadwick and his mother, Mary Anne Knowles.

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1914 - Hans Geiger - Berlin - Technical University of Berlin - First World War - Germany

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