J.J. Thomson

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Manchester
gptkbp:award gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:awardYear 1906
gptkbp:birthDate 1856-12-18
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Cheetham_Hill,_Manchester,_England
gptkbp:child gptkb:George_Paget_Thomson
gptkbp:deathDate 1940-08-30
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:discoveredBy electron
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1897
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:John_Strutt,_3rd_Baron_Rayleigh
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Charles_Glover_Barkla
gptkb:Charles_Thomson_Rees_Wilson
gptkb:Ernest_Rutherford
gptkb:Francis_William_Aston
gptkb:Niels_Bohr
gptkb:Owen_Richardson
gptkbp:field atomic physics
cathode rays
electromagnetism
physics
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Joseph_John_Thomson
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label J.J. Thomson
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:plum_pudding_model
cathode ray experiments
discovery of the electron
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear for his theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases
gptkbp:position gptkb:Cavendish_Professor_of_Physics,_University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:president gptkb:Royal_Society
1915-1920
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:Conduction_of_Electricity_through_Gases
gptkb:Rays_of_Positive_Electricity
gptkb:The_Electron_in_Chemistry
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Westminster_Abbey
gptkbp:signature J.J. Thomson signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Rose_Elisabeth_Paget
gptkbp:theory plum pudding model of the atom
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Niels_Bohr
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3