J. J. Thomson

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British person Nobel laureate in Physics physicist

J. J. Thomson was a British physicist best known for discovering the electron and proposing the "plum pudding" model of the atom.

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Label	Occurrences
J. J. Thomson canonical	22
Joseph John Thomson	4

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British person ⓘ Nobel laureate in Physics ⓘ physicist ⓘ
awardReceived	Copley Medal ⓘ Hughes Medal ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ Royal Medal ⓘ
birthDate	1856-12-18 ⓘ
birthPlace	Cheetham Hill area ⓘ surface form: Cheetham Hill, Manchester, England
burialPlace	Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ surface form: Westminster Abbey
child	George Paget Thomson ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate	1940-08-30 ⓘ
deathPlace	Cambridge, England ⓘ
directorOf	Cavendish Laboratory ⓘ
discovered	electron ⓘ
doctoralStudent	Charles Glover Barkla ⓘ Ernest Rutherford ⓘ George Paget Thomson ⓘ surface form: J. J. Thomson’s son George Paget Thomson
educatedAt	University of Manchester ⓘ surface form: Owens College, Manchester Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
employer	Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge
familyName	Thomson ⓘ
fieldOfWork	experimental physics ⓘ physics ⓘ
fullName	J. J. Thomson self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Joseph John Thomson
givenName	John ⓘ Joseph ⓘ
honorificTitle	FRS ⓘ OM ⓘ Sir ⓘ
influenced	Ernest Rutherford ⓘ Niels Bohr ⓘ
knownFor	discovery of the electron ⓘ mass-to-charge ratio of the electron ⓘ plum pudding model of the atom ⓘ research on ionization of gases ⓘ work on cathode rays ⓘ work on isotopes ⓘ
memberOf	Royal Society ⓘ Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
NobelPrizeInPhysicsFor	theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases ⓘ
NobelPrizeInPhysicsYear	1906 ⓘ
notableWork	Conduction of Electricity through Gases ⓘ Rays of Positive Electricity and Their Application to Chemical Analyses ⓘ
positionHeld	Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics ⓘ
positionHeldEnd	1919 ⓘ
positionHeldStart	1884 ⓘ
proposed	plum pudding model of the atom ⓘ
spouse	Rose Elisabeth Paget ⓘ

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Rays of Positive Electricity and Their Application to Chemical Analyses → author → J. J. Thomson ⓘ

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Rose Elisabeth Paget → spouse → J. J. Thomson ⓘ

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subject surface form: Niels Bohr

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