Random Facts

About

J.J. Thomson

- His son, George Paget Thomson, also received a Nobel prize in physics

- J.J. Thomson was clumsy with his hands

- He met his wife at work (Cavendish Laboratory)

- He finished second in his class at Oxford to Joseph Larmor

- His father wanted him to be an engineer, but couldn’t afford the apprenticeship fee, so he went to Owen’s College instead.

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