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J.J. Thomson
J.J. Thomson, c. 1920s.
J.J. Thomson
British physicist
Also known as: Sir Joseph John Thomson
Quick Facts
- In full:
- Sir Joseph John Thomson
- Born:
- December 18, 1856, Cheetham Hill, near Manchester, England
- Died:
- August 30, 1940, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (aged 83)
- Awards And Honors:
- Nobel Prize
- Copley Medal (1914)
- Notable Family Members:
- son Sir George Paget Thomson
- Subjects Of Study:
- Thomson atomic model
- electrical conductivity
- electromagnetism
- electron
- gas
- subatomic particle
- On the Web:
- Science History Institute - Joseph John “J. J.” Thomson (Dec. 12, 2024)
J.J. Thomson (born December 18, 1856, Cheetham Hill, near Manchester, England—died August 30, 1940, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) was an English physicist who helped revolutionize the knowledge of atomic structure by his discovery of the electron (1897). He received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1906 and was knighted in 1908. Thomson was the son of a bookseller in a suburb of Manchester. When he was only 14, he entered Owens College, now the University of Manchester. He was fortunate in that, in contrast with most colleges at the time, Owens provided some courses in experimental physics. In 1876 he obtained a ...(100 of 1287 words)