Sir J.J. Thomson

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Owens_College
gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Franklin_Medal
gptkb:Hughes_Medal
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1856-12-18
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Cheetham_Hill,_Manchester,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Westminster_Abbey
gptkbp:child gptkb:George_Paget_Thomson
gptkbp:deathDate 1940-08-30
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Lord_Rayleigh
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Charles_Glover_Barkla
gptkb:Charles_Thomson_Rees_Wilson
gptkb:Ernest_Rutherford
gptkb:Francis_William_Aston
gptkb:Niels_Bohr
gptkb:William_Henry_Bragg
gptkb:Owen_Willans_Richardson
gptkbp:field atomic physics
cathode rays
electromagnetism
physics
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Joseph_John_Thomson
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir J.J. Thomson
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Ernest_Rutherford
gptkb:George_Paget_Thomson
gptkb:Niels_Bohr
gptkbp:knighted 1908
gptkbp:knownFor cathode ray experiments
discovery of the electron
discovery of isotopes
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
1906
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
gptkb:Elements_of_the_Mathematical_Theory_of_Electricity_and_Magnetism
gptkbp:signature J.J. Thomson signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Rose_Elisabeth_Paget
gptkbp:theory gptkb:plum_pudding_model
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Edwardian_era
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4