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George Paget Thomson
English physicist (1892–1975)
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Details
Instance of
human
Born
3 May 1892
Died
10 September 1975
Conflict
World War I
Place of birth
Cambridge
Place of death
Cambridge
Sex or gender
male
Given name
George
,
Paget
Family name
Thomson
Father
Joseph John Thomson
Mother
Rose Thomson
Spouse
Kathleen Buchanan Adam Smith
Child
John Thomson
,
[Caroline] Rose Buchanan Thomson
,
Lieut. Com. David Paget Thomson
,
[Lilian] Clare Thomson
Sibling
Joan Paget Thomson
Field of work
physics
Occupation
physicist
,
nuclear physicist
,
university teacher
Position held
military officer
Citizenship
United Kingdom
,
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Native language
English
Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society
,
Royal Medal
,
Nobel Prize in Physics
,
Howard N. Potts Medal
,
Hughes Medal
,
Faraday Medal
,
Royal Society Bakerian Medal
,
Knight Bachelor
,
Guthrie Lecture
,
Royal Society Bakerian Medal
,
Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi
described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
,
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
,
Physicists: Biographical Dictionary
different from
George Thomson
,
George Thomson
doctoral advisor
John William Strutt
,
Joseph John Thomson
doctoral student
Ishrat Hussain Usmani
,
Bruce Sween Liley
educated at
Trinity College
employer
Imperial College London
,
University of Aberdeen
interested in
physics
languages spoken, written or signed
English
member of
Royal Society
,
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
military branch
British Army
name in native language
George Paget Thomson
noble title
Knight Bachelor
nominated for
Nobel Prize in Physics
,
Nobel Prize in Physics
,
Nobel Prize in Physics
,
Nobel Prize in Physics
,
Nobel Prize in Physics
place of burial
Church of St Mary and St Andrew
student of
John William Strutt
writing language
English
Connected on Wikidata
Author of
The foreseeable future
Subject of
Sir George Thomson (1892–1975), FRS, Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry
Depicted in
Sir George Thomson (1892–1975), FRS, Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry
Parent of
John Thomson
Lieut. Com. David Paget Thomson
[Caroline] Rose Buchanan Thomson
[Lilian] Clare Thomson
Spouse of
Kathleen Buchanan Adam Smith
Child of
Joseph John Thomson
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Rose Thomson