Sir John Thomson

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Manchester
gptkbp:award gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:awardedFor investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases
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:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Lord_Rayleigh
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Charles_Glover_Barkla
gptkb:Charles_Thomson_Rees_Wilson
gptkb:Ernest_Rutherford
gptkb:Francis_William_Aston
gptkb:George_Paget_Thomson
gptkb:Max_Born
gptkb:Niels_Bohr
gptkb:William_Lawrence_Bragg
gptkb:Owen_Willans_Richardson
gptkbp:field atomic physics
electromagnetism
physics
cathode ray research
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Joseph_John_Thomson
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir John Thomson
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Ernest_Rutherford
gptkb:George_Paget_Thomson
gptkb:Niels_Bohr
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:plum_pudding_model
cathode rays
discovery of the electron
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:president gptkb:Cambridge_University
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:Conduction_of_Electricity_through_Gases
gptkb:Rays_of_Positive_Electricity
gptkb:The_Electron_in_Chemistry
gptkb:The_Corpuscular_Theory_of_Matter
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Westminster_Abbey
gptkbp:signature J. J. Thomson signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Rose_Elisabeth_Paget
gptkbp:title gptkb:FRS
gptkb:Master_of_Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkb:OM
Sir
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Members_of_the_first_Australian_Parliament
gptkb:Sir_John_Thomson_Memorial_Sword
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