| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:person 
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                                | gptkbp:almaMater | gptkb:Owens_College gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
 
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                                | gptkbp:award | gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics 
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                                | gptkbp:awardedFor | theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases 
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                                | gptkbp:awardYear | 1906 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1856-12-18 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Cheetham_Hill,_Manchester,_England 
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                                | gptkbp:child | gptkb:George_Paget_Thomson 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | 1940-08-30 
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                                | gptkbp:deathPlace | gptkb:Cambridge,_England 
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                                | gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor | gptkb:Lord_Rayleigh 
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                                | gptkbp:doctoralStudent | gptkb:Charles_Glover_Barkla gptkb:Ernest_Rutherford
 gptkb:Francis_William_Aston
 gptkb:Niels_Bohr
 gptkb:William_Henry_Bragg
 gptkb:Owen_Willans_Richardson
 
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                                | gptkbp:field | atomic physics electromagnetism
 physics
 
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                                | gptkbp:fullName | gptkb:Joseph_John_Thomson 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | gptkb:plum_pudding_model cathode ray experiments
 discovery of the electron
 
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                                | gptkbp:memberOf | gptkb:Royal_Society 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | British 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:physicist 
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                                | gptkbp:president | gptkb:Cavendish_Laboratory gptkb:Royal_Society
 
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                                | gptkbp:restingPlace | gptkb:Westminster_Abbey 
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                                | gptkbp:signature | J. J. Thomson signature.svg 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Rose_Elisabeth_Paget 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Disteniinae gptkb:Elaphidiini
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 8 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | J. Thomson 
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