Thomson, Sir Joseph John
Thomson, Sir Joseph John (1856–1940) British physicist, father of George
Thomson, b. Belfast. He succeeded James Clerk
Maxwell as professor of experimental physics (1884–1919) at Cambridge. Thomson's discovery (1897) of the
electron is regarded as the birth of
particle physics. He received the 1906 Nobel Prize in physics for his investigations into the electrical conductivity of gases. Thomson and Francis
Aston produced evidence of
isotopes of neon. He transformed the Cavendish Laboratory into a major centre for atomic research, attracting scientists like Ernest
Rutherford. Thomson served as president (1915–20) of the Royal Society.
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