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JOSEPH JOHN THOMSON
BY: ALLIE RANCES & JULIA MARR
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EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION
His father was a bookseller who planned Thomson to engineer
He was sent to bide his time at Owens College at age 14
He worked in the Cavendish Laboratory after graduation
Quickly he earned a membership prestigious royal Society d was appointed Rayleigh's successor as the Cavendish Professor of physics at the age of 28
Respected and well known
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RESEARCH
Thomson studied Cathod Rays
He determined that all matter is made up of tiny particles that are much smaller than atoms
He originally called these particles corpuscles
This discovery upended the prevailing theory that the atom was the smallest fundamental unit
He discover that the neon was of two different kinds of atoms, and proved the existence of isotopes in a stable element
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PERSONAL LIFE AND LATER YEARS
Thomson married Rose Pager, one of his students in 1892
Paget & Thomson had a daughter, Joan, and a son, George Paget Thomson
Thomson published 13 books & more than 200 papers in his lifetime
Thomson was buried in Westminster Abbey near two other influential scientists: Isaac Newton & Charles Darwin
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SYNOPSIS
Thomson was born on December 18, 1856
He was born in Cheetham, England
Research in cathode rays led to his discovery of the electrons
He won the 1906 Nobel prize in physics
Thomson died August 30, 1940
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http://www.biography.com/people/jj-thomson-40039
Allie Rances
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