Joseph John Thomson, who discovered the electron in 1897, won the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics "in recognition of the great merits of his theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases." The British scientist...

Thomson was born in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, England, on December 18, 1856. He was the son of a bookseller who specialized in antique books. At the age of 14, he enrolled at Owen's College (now the University of Manchester). Thomson's original plans...

The English physicist Sir Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940) is credited with the discovery of the electron. On Dec. 18, 1856, J. J. Thomson was born at Cheetham Hill near Manchester. His father, a bookseller and publisher, planned a career in engineering...

The British physicist, famous for his discovery of the electron, was born in Cheetham, near Manchester, on December 18, 1856. He first entered Owens College (later Manchester University) at the early age of fourteen. In 1876 Thomson won a scholarship...

1856-1940 English Physicist As the director of the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University, J. J. Thomson was instrumental in many important experiments and advances that marked the transition from classical to modern physics at the turn of the...

1856-1940 British physicist who discovered the electron (1897). Thomson improved upon Jean Perrin's results by accurately determining the charge-to-mass ratio of cathode ray particles. These new particles were later named...

Sir Joseph John “J.J.” Thomson, OM, FRS (18 December 1856 – 30 August 1940) was a British physicist and Nobel laureate, credited for the discovery of the electron and of isotopes, and the invention of the mass spectrometer. He was awarded the...

Thomson, Greg J. Wednesday, April 30, 2003 Thomson, Greg J. Age 53, of Horicon, WI, passed away Mon. April 28, 2003 at Beaver Dam Community Hospital. Born June 9, 1949 in Milwaukee, Greg married Chris Listwan Nov. 28, 1970 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church...

Thomson Financial, a leading provider of information and technology solutions to the worldwide financial community, and part of The Thomson Corporation, has signed a lease with H.J. Kalikow & Company that expands the presence of its world headquarters at 195 Broadway in downtown...