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Sir Joseph John Thomson 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 ... Read more
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Joseph John Thomson 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... Read more
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Thomson, Joseph John (1856–1940) 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 (la... Read more