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James Chadwick

English physicist (1891-1974), who discovered the neutron in 19321891 to 1974

Wikidata names Ernest Rutherford as doctoral advisor and lists 7 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 6 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata7

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors1

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

Taught4

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Charles Drummond Ellis

    born 1895
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Ernest C. Pollard

    born 1906
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Maurice Goldhaber

    born 1911
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Dai Chuanzeng

    born 1921

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 15 people: 15 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career7

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.