J. J. Thomson
English physicist, Nobel laureate in Physics
Born
December 18th, 1856
168 years ago
Died
August 30th, 1940
84 years ago — 83 years old
Category
Scientists & Innovators
Country
United Kingdom
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An English physicist and academic conducted groundbreaking research on the nature of cathode rays. Established the existence of the electron and proposed the plum pudding model of the atom. Received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1906 for contributions to the field of atomic physics. Contributed significantly to the development of modern physics through the study of electricity and magnetism.
Discovered the electron in 1897
Won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1906
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