The Atomic Theory: James Chadwick By tanelisa Jan 1, 1932 Chadwick discovers the neutron Jan 1, 1932 Awarded the Hughes Medal of the Royal Society Jan 1, 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics Jan 1, 1935 Professor of Physics at Liverpool University Jan 1, 1940 Appointed to MAUD Committee to investigate feasibility of the atomic bomb Jan 1, 1945 Knighted Jan 1, 1951 Franklin Medal