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British physicist J. J. Thomson and his team announce the discovery of the electron.

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J. J. Thomson

English physicist (1856–1940)

Sir Joseph John "J. J." Thomson was an English physicist whose study of cathode rays led to his discovery of the electron, a subatomic particle with a negative electric charge.
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Electron

Elementary particle with negative charge

The electron is a subatomic particle with a negative one elementary electric charge. It is a fundamental particle that comprises the ordinary matter that makes up the universe, along with up and down quarks.
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