1856-1940 JOSEPH JOHN THOMSON. ORDER OF MERIT. PHYSICIST. MASTER OF TRINITY COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE AND ROSE HIS WIFE 1860-1951. He was born on 18th December 1856, eldest son of Joseph James Thomson and his ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Sir Joseph John Thomson, the Great English Physicist ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 105 No. 26 (December 1911), p. 571 doi:10. ...

The ashes of physicist Sir Joseph John Thomson lie in the nave of Westminster Abbey near the graves of Newton and Rutherford. The interment took place during his funeral service held on 4th September ...