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Also Known As Sir Joseph John Thomson
Born December 18, 1856 • near Manchester • England
Died August 30, 1940 (aged 83) • Cambridge • England
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize • Copley Medal (1914)
Notable Family Members son Sir George Paget Thomson
Subjects Of Study Thomson atomic model • electrical conductivity • electromagnetism • electron • gas • subatomic particle

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