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Joseph John Thomson

Physicist · born 18th December 1856

Date of birth
18 December
Birth year
1856
Lived
84
Zodiac
♐ Sagittarius

About Joseph John Thomson

Physicist who proved that cathode rays had a negatively charged particle, now commonly known as the electron. He received the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics for his important work involving electricity in gasses.

Joseph John Thomson was born 18th December 1856 in England. Their primary profession is listed as physicist. They died in 1940. On 18 December, 614 people in our archive share this birthday.

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