Biography of Famous Chemists J. J. Thomson

Joseph John Thomson (J. J. Thomson): Discoverer of the Electron and Nobel Laureate Early Life and Education:Joseph John Thomson, known as J. J. Thomson, was born on December 18, 1856, in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, England. He came from a modest background; his father, Joseph James Thomson, was a bookseller, and his mother, Emma Swindells Thomson, ran a small grocery shop. […]