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James Chadwick, also known by the alias Sir James Chadwick , was a physicist born on October 20, 1891 in Bollington, United Kingdom . He is best known for his discovery of the neutron, contributions to the MAUD Committee Report, and work on the Manhattan Project . Chadwick's academic discipline was physics .
Chadwick was educated at Victoria University of Manchester, University of Manchester, Gonville and Caius College in Cambridge, and the University of Cambridge . His doctoral advisor was eminent scientist Ernest Rutherford .
Throughout his career, Chadwick supervised several doctoral students, including Maurice Goldhaber, Albert Crewe, Charles Drummond Ellis, and Ernest C. Pollard . He received the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work .
James Chadwick passed away on July 24, 1974, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire .
