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J. J. Thomson

Joseph John Thomson.

British physicist (1856-1940).

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Occupation

Physicist
Mathematician
University Teacher

Place of Burial

Westminster Abbey

Member Of

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Royal Society
(6/12/1884 - )
Start Time
: 6/12/1884
International Scientific Esperanto Association
Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
Academy of Sciences of the USSR
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Russian Academy of Sciences
Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
Accademia Nazionale Delle Scienze Detta Dei XL
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
(1903 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences
Start Time
: 1903
Academy of Sciences of Turin
(1/12/1896 - )
Start Time
: 1/12/1896
Göttingen Academy of Sciences

Place of Death

Cambridge

Country of Citizenship

United Kingdom

Date of Death

8/30/1940

Date of Birth

12/18/1856

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Joseph John Thomson

Award Received

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Nobel Prize in Physics
(1906)
Award Rationale
: in recognition of the great merits of his theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases
Award Rationale
: såsom ett erkännande av den stora förtjänst han inlagt genom sina teoretiska och experimentella undersökningar över elektricitetens gång genom gaser
Point in Time
: 1906
Prize Money
: 138,536 Swedish krona
Fellow of the Royal Society
(12/6/1884)
Point in Time
: 12/6/1884
Copley Medal
(1914)
Award Rationale
: On the ground of his discoveries in physical science
Point in Time
: 1914
Royal Medal
(1894)
Point in Time
: 1894
Elliott Cresson Medal
(1910)
Point in Time
: 1910
Hughes Medal
(1902)
Point in Time
: 1902
Faraday Medal
(1925)
Point in Time
: 1925
Hodgkins Medal
(1902)
Point in Time
: 1902
Albert Medal
(1915)
Award Rationale
: for his researches in physics and chemistry, and their application to the advancement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
Point in Time
: 1915
Franklin Medal
(1922)
Point in Time
: 1922
Adams Prize
(1882)
Point in Time
: 1882
Royal Society Bakerian Medal
(1913)
Point in Time
: 1913
Point in Time
: 1892
Point in Time
: 1887
Guthrie Lecture
(1928)
Point in Time
: 1928
Knight Bachelor
Dalton Medal
(1931)
Point in Time
: 1931
Silliman Memorial Lectures
(1903)
Point in Time
: 1903
Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize
John Scott Award
(1923)
Point in Time
: 1923
Doctor Honoris Causa From the University of Paris
(1923)
Point in Time
: 1923

Educated At

University of Manchester
Trinity College
Victoria University of Manchester
University of Cambridge

Given Name

Joseph
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:1
John
Series Ordinal
:2

Student

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Robert Oppenheimer
Charles Glover Barkla
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
Francis William Aston
William Henry Bragg
Max Born
John Sealy Townsend
Balthasar Van Der Pol
John Zeleny
Daniel Frost Comstock
T. H. Laby
H. Stanley Allen

Described by Source

Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Section
:Томсон Джозеф Джон
BEIC Digital Library
Obálky Knih
URL
:bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#Url
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24493174
The New Student's Reference Work
Statement Is Subject Of
:
The New Student's Reference Work/Thomson, Joseph John
Physicists: Biographical Dictionary
Page(s)
:263

Religion or Worldview

Anglicanism

Doctoral Advisor

John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
(1883)
Educated At
:
University of Cambridge
Point in Time
: 1883

Nominated For

Nobel Prize in Physics
(1902)
Point in Time
: 1902
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1904)
Point in Time
: 1904
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1905)
Point in Time
: 1905
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1906)
Point in Time
: 1906
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1912)
Point in Time
: 1912

Employer

University of Cambridge

Place of Birth

Cheetham Hill
Manchester

Field of Work

Physics
Experimental Physics
Electron
Electrical Conductance

Family Name

Thomson

Birth Name

Joseph John Thomson.

Name in Native Language

Joseph John Thomson

Child

George Paget Thomson
Joan Paget Thomson

Notable Work

Plum Pudding Model

Position Held

President of the Royal Geographical Society
(1915 - 1920)
Series Ordinal
:42
Replaces
:
William Crookes
Replaced By
:
Charles Scott Sherrington
Start Time
: 1915
End Time
: 1920
President of the Royal Society
(1915 - 1920)
Replaces
:
William Crookes
Replaced By
:
Charles Scott Sherrington
Start Time
: 1915
End Time
: 1920

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Sex or Gender

Male

Writing Language

English

Spouse

Rose Thomson

Student Of

Thomas Barker
Osborne Reynolds

Sibling

Frederick Vernon Thomson

Described at URL

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Mother

Emma Swindells

Father

Joseph James Thomson

Interested In

Physics
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