| Summary: | Papers for Sir James Chadwick comprising: Work with Lord Rutherford, notebook 1971, typescript letter 1935; Ph.D Thesis typescript circa 1921; Photographs of Chadwick circa 1931; Notes on Neutron Discovery post 1932; Berkeley cycliotrons letters and slide 1938; Typescript ballad on his Knighthood not dated [1945]; Speech notes for Retirement of University Registrar S Dumbell not dated [Jul 1962]; Photocopied letter from Sir James Mountford on Chadwick's death 26 Jul 1974 |
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| Date: | circa 1921-1974 |
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| Reference Number: | D97 |
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| Related Material: | D62 Taperecorded conversation with ChadwickD204 Tape recording of Monday Lecture on Sir James ChadwickD765 papers relating to Sir James Chadwick and the Department of PhysicsA215 correspondence and other papers of Professor James Chadwick and minutes of meetings of 156" Cyclotron Progress CommitteeNeutron discovery: Note by Lady Chadwick stating that the original personal notes have been given to the Fast Neutron Clinic, Hammersmith Hospital, London |
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| Separated Material: | Churchill College Archives Centre, Cambridge holds Papers of Sir James Chadwick (Copy of 1983 printed catalogue kept with D97), including another copy of his PhD thesis. |
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| Bibliography: | [Book] H Massey and N Feather, James Chadwick 20 Oct 1891 - 24 Jul 1974 in Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society , vol. 22, 1976, pp.11-70. |
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| Biographical/Administrative Information: | Sir James Chadwick, Lyon Jones Professor of Physics 1935-1948, Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Liverpool 1946-1948 |
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