By: Alex Munks

His work was so great that it cannot be compassed in a few words. His death is one of the greatest losses

ever to occur to British science.Describing Ernest Rutherford upon his death at age

66. Thomson, then 80 years old, was once his teacher.

— Sir J.J. Thomson

Joseph John Thomson

Born- December, 18, 1856 in Cheetham Hill, (a suburb of Manchester, UK)

Thomson showed an interest in science from a very young age and when he was fourteen his parents encouraged him to become an engineer.

When he was sixteen, Thomson's father died. His family was no longer able to afford his dream of becoming something that he wanted, so after trying to be an engineer Thomson began to study physics and mathematics.

His mother came from a local textile family. His father ran an antiquarian bookshop founded by a great-grandfather from Scotland

He did not have any siblings

The Young Life of J.J Thomson

He became a member of the Owens College, Manchester, in 1870, and in 1876 entered Trinity College, Cambridge.

He became a Fellow of Trinity College in 1880, when he was Second Wrangler and Second Smith's Prizeman, and he remained a member of the College for the rest of his life, becoming Lecturer in 1883 and Master in 1918.

He was Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics at Cambridge

The Schooling and Education

He is famous for his discovery of electron.

Electron is subatomic particle.

At the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University, Thomson was experimenting with currents of electricity inside empty glass tubes.

What is J.J Thomson Famous For?

The electrons/electronics impacted on the world because if he didn’t discover this then we wouldn’t have any electronics!

For the people who like Xbox for example, if it wasn’t for J.J Thomson, we wouldn’t have that right now!

Thomson's Impact on the World

J.J Thomson's BirthplaceCheetham Hill, England

TIMELINE

December 18, 1856 -

Born

Showed interest in

science at a young age

When he was about 16 his father died

He went to college and

won The Nobel Prize

J.J Thomson died on

August 30, 1940

He was mentally ill at age 2 and still managed to discover and make the plum pudding model.

J.J Thomson married Rose Paget and had two kids, Joan Paget Thomson, and George Paget Thomson.

J.J Thomson was buried in Westminster Abbey, close to Isaac Newton.

3 Interesting Facts

Question Time!When was J.J Thomson born?December, 18, 1856

What did he study?Electrons/Electronics(physics and mathematics)

How many kid(s) did he and his wife have?2 kids-Joan Paget Thomson, and George Paget

Thomson.

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1906/thomson-bio.html

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http://web.lemoyne.edu/~giunta/ea/THOMSONann.HTML

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Interesting_facts_about_J.J._Thomson_the_scientist

Work Cited

http://www.aip.org/history/electron/jjthomson.htm

http://www.nndb.com/people/479/000099182/

http://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in/scientists/JJThomson.htm

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Pictures of J.J Thomson