Thomson

[tom-suhn]

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Elihu, 1853–1937, U.S. inventor, born in England.
Sir George Paget, 1892–1975, English physicist (son of Sir Joseph John): Nobel Prize 1937.
James, 1700–48, English poet, born in Scotland.
James B.V., 1834–82, English poet.
John Arthur, 1861–1933, Scottish scientist and author.
Sir Joseph John, 1856–1940, English physicist: Nobel Prize 1906.
Virgil, 1896–1989, U.S. composer and music critic.
Sir William. Kelvin, 1st Baron.

Thomson

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Sir George Paget, son of Joseph John Thomson. 1892–1975, British physicist, who discovered (1927) the diffraction of electrons by crystals: shared the Nobel prize for physics 1937
James. 1700–48, Scottish poet. He anticipated the romantics' feeling for nature in The Seasons (1726–30)
James, pen name B.V. 1834–82, British poet, born in Scotland, noted esp for The City of Dreadful Night (1874), reflecting man's isolation and despair
Sir Joseph John. 1856–1940, British physicist. He discovered the electron (1897) and his work on the nature of positive rays led to the discovery of isotopes: Nobel prize for physics 1906
Roy, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet. 1894–1976, British newspaper proprietor, born in Canada
Virgil. 1896–1989, US composer, music critic, and conductor, whose works include two operas, Four Saints in Three Acts (1928) and The Mother of Us All (1947), piano sonatas, a cello concerto, songs, and film music
Sir William. See (1st Baron) Kelvin

Thomson

British physicist who discovered the electron in 1897. While experimenting with cathode rays, he deduced that the particles he observed were smaller than an atom. Thomson also made noteworthy studies of the conduction of electricity through gases. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1906.

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The composer and critic Virgil Thomson once defined American music as music written by Americans.

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Ally Thomson, Director of Dignity in Dying Scotland, called the vote a "watershed moment for compassion".

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The chief executive of National Museums NI, Kathryn Thomson, said that it was committed to "addressing wrongs of the past".

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Player of the match MacDonald raced clear down the wing for her second try early in the second half, before Lisa Thomson finally got Scotland on the board with a try from a rolling maul.

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An investigation by the Marshall Project in 2022 disclosed pervasive violence and abuse at a high-security unit in the Thomson federal penitentiary in Illinois.

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Thomsen Thomson effect

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