J.J. Thomson by Brendan Dougherty https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7 a professor of physics, and a Nobel Prize-winning physicist en-us 2020-11-09 18:47:34 UTC 2020-11-10 15:47:18 UTC hello@padlet.com Born December 18, 1856 bdougherty23 https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/905587312 2020-11-09 18:48:23 UTC https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/905587312 Died August 30, 1940 bdougherty23 https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/905593280 2020-11-09 18:49:28 UTC https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/905593280 His hometown is Cheetham Hill, England bdougherty23 https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/905628819 2020-11-09 18:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/905628819 He married Rose Elisabeth Paget and they had one daugther named Joan and one son named George Paget Thomson bdougherty23 https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/905675490 2020-11-09 19:05:23 UTC https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/905675490 He discovered the electron (1897). bdougherty23 https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/906655333 2020-11-10 01:02:13 UTC https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/906655333 In 1894 he began to study cathode rays, because the topic of cathode rays was unclear bdougherty23 https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/906669104 2020-11-10 01:08:56 UTC https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/906669104 He discovered that the ratio was the same regardless of what type of gas was used bdougherty23 https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/906685383 2020-11-10 01:16:12 UTC https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/906685383 In 1906, Thomson began studying positively charged ions, or positive rays. bdougherty23 https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/906699983 2020-11-10 01:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/906699983 He proved the existence of isotopes in a stable element. bdougherty23 https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/906703374 2020-11-10 01:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/906703374 He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1906 bdougherty23 https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/906713931 2020-11-10 01:30:11 UTC https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/906713931 He was knighted in 1908 by King Edward VII. bdougherty23 https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/906721030 2020-11-10 01:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/906721030 J.J. Thomson attended Trinity College at Cambridge bdougherty23 https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/906733460 2020-11-10 01:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/906733460 His father was a bookseller, he wanted Thomson to be an engineer. bdougherty23 https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/906746619 2020-11-10 01:46:22 UTC https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/906746619 Thomson worked in the Cavendish Laboratory after graduation bdougherty23 https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/906753380 2020-11-10 01:49:52 UTC https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/906753380 Citation https://www.biography.com/scientist/jj-thomson and https://www.britannica.com/biography/J-J-Thomson bdougherty23 https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/906756043 2020-11-10 01:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/bdougherty23/ewlhcifs9m227zn7/wish/906756043