James Chadwick was born October 20th, 1891 in Bollington, United Kingdom. His parents were John Chadwick and Anne Mary Knowles. He attended Manchester High School and Manchester University (James Chadwick – Biographical, Nobelprize.org). While he was at Manchester University he worked on a research project in Earnest Ruthford’s laboratory. Chadwick finished his project successfully and graduated with first class honors in physics in 1911. He continued to work in Earnest’s laboratory until in 1912 he got his masters degree in physics. Soon after he won a scholarship to travel to Berlin to work in Hans Geiger’s laboratory. (Sir James Chadwick, Gregerson 2016)
Chadwick was awarded his Ph.D. in 1921 for a thesis concerning atomic numbers
Chadwick was awarded his Ph.D. in 1921 for a thesis concerning atomic numbers