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Sir George Paget Thomson | |
|---|---|
 Thomson in 1937 | |
| Born | 3 May 1892 Cambridge, England |
| Died | 10 September 1975 (aged 83) Cambridge, England |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Electron diffraction |
| Spouse |
Kathleen Buchanan Smith
(m. 1924; died 1941) |
| Children | 4 |
| Father | J. J. Thomson |
| Relatives | George Edward Paget (grandfather) George Adam Smith (father-in-law) |
| Awards | Howard N. Potts Medal (1932) Nobel Prize in Physics (1937) Hughes Medal (1939) Royal Medal (1949) Faraday Medal (1960) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | |
| Academic advisors | J. J. Thomson |
Sir George Paget Thomson (/ˈtɒmsən/; 3 May 1892 – 10 September 1975) was an English physicist who shared the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physics with Clinton Davisson for his discovery of the wave properties of the electron by electron diffraction.[1][2]
- ^ "George Paget Thomson". Le Prix Nobel. the Nobel Foundation. 1937. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
- ^ "Thomson, Sir George Paget". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2007.