Joseph John Thomson

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 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the electron and his work on the conduction of electricity in gases. Joseph John Thomson was born in 1856 in Cheetham Hill, Manchester in England, of Scottis... more

Date of birth:

  • Dec 18, 1856

Date of death:

  • Aug 30, 1940 (age 83 years)

Also known as:

  • J.J. Thomson
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Award Winner

Awards Won:

Year Award Notes/Description
  • 1906
  • In recognition of the great merits of his theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases.
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