Mar 16, 2023 · J.J. Thomson, in full Sir Joseph John Thomson, (born December 18, 1856, Cheetham Hill, near Manchester, England—died August 30, 1940, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire), English physicist who helped revolutionize the knowledge of atomic structure by his discovery of the electron (1897).
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Sir Joseph John Thomson OM FRS [1] (18 December 1856 – 30 August 1940) was a British physicist and Nobel Laureate in Physics, credited with the discovery of the electron, the first subatomic particle to be discovered.
- Owens College (now the University of Manchester), Trinity College, Cambridge (BA)
- Physics
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- Trinity College, Cambridge
Jan 9, 2018 · The British physicist Joseph John (J. J.) Thomson (1856–1940) performed a series of experiments in 1897 designed to study the nature of electric discharge in a high-vacuum cathode-ray tube, an area being investigated by many scientists at the time. Thomson interpreted the deflection of the rays by electrically charged plates and magnets as ...
J.J. Thomson Biographical . J oseph John Thomson was born in Cheetham Hill, a suburb of Manchester on December 18, 1856. He enrolled at Owens College, Manchester, in 1870, and in 1876 entered Trinity College, Cambridge as a minor scholar.
Joseph John Thomson The Nobel Prize in Physics 1906 . Born: 18 December 1856, Cheetham Hill, United Kingdom Died: 30 August 1940, Cambridge, United Kingdom Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Apr 2, 2014 · Best Known For: J.J. Thomson was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose research led to the discovery of electrons. Industries; Education and Academia; Writing and Publishing; Science and Medicine