When was George Paget Thomson born?

George Paget Thomson was born on 3 May 1892 in Cambridge.

What positions has George Paget Thomson held?

Positions held by George Paget Thomson include: military officer.

Where did George Paget Thomson study?

George Paget Thomson was educated at Trinity College.

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George Paget Thomson

English physicist (1892–1975)

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Sir George Paget Thomson was a British experimental physicist who shared the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physics with Clinton Davisson "for their experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals." His father, J. J. Thomson, won the Nobel Prize in 1906 "for his theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases". It has been said that the elder Thomson won the Nobel for showing the electron is a particle, the younger for showing it is a wave.

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Born: 3 May 1892 wd
Place of birth: Cambridge wd
Died: 10 September 1975 wd
Place of death: Cambridge wd
Citizenship: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland wd
Occupation: physicist, nuclear physicist, university teacher wd
Education: Trinity College wd
Spouse: Kathleen Buchanan Adam Smith wd

Positions held wd

military officer

Awards wd

Fellow of the Royal Society
Royal Medal (1949)
Nobel Prize in Physics (1937)
Howard N. Potts Medal (1932)
Hughes Medal (1939)
Faraday Medal (1960)
Royal Society Bakerian Medal (1948)
Knight Bachelor
Guthrie Lecture (1948)
Royal Society Bakerian Medal
Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi

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When was George Paget Thomson born?: George Paget Thomson was born on 3 May 1892 in Cambridge.
What positions has George Paget Thomson held?: Positions held by George Paget Thomson include: military officer.
Where did George Paget Thomson study?: George Paget Thomson was educated at Trinity College.

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