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J. J. Thomson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1940)

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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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Nobel Prize in Physics

One of five prizes established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel

The Nobel Prize in Physics is an annual award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who have made the most outstanding contributions to mankind in the field of physics. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and…
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