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Sir George Paget Thomson, FRS (/ ˈ t ɒ m s ən /; 3 May 1892 – 10 September 1975) was a British physicist and Nobel laureate in physics recognized for his discovery of the wave properties of the electron by electron diffraction.
George Paget Thomson was born in 1892 at Cambridge, the son of the late Sir J J. Thomson (then Professor of Physics at Cambridge University), a Nobel Prize winner who, more than anyone else, was responsible for the discovery of the electron, and Rose Elisabeth Paget, daughter of the late Sir George Paget, Regius Professor of Medicine at Cambridge.
George Paget Thomson. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1937. Born: 3 May 1892, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Died: 10 September 1975, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Affiliation at the time of the award: London University, London, United Kingdom. Prize motivation: “for their experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals” Prize share: 1/2.
Jun 22, 2024 · Sir George Paget Thomson was an English physicist who was the joint recipient, with Clinton J. Davisson of the United States, of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1937 for demonstrating that electrons undergo diffraction, a behaviour peculiar to waves that is widely exploited in determining the atomic.
Jul 5, 2024 · Quick Reference. (1892–1975) British physicist who demonstrated the wave-particle nature of elementary particles. He received the 1937 Nobel Prize for Physics and was knighted in 1943. The son of J. J. Thomson, Thomson was educated at Cambridge, where he later taught (1914–22).
George Paget Thomson was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1937 for his work in Aberdeen in discovering the wave-like properties of the electron.
Sir George Thomson was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and received the Royal Medal and the Hughes Medal of that Society. He was a Doctor of Science at Cambridge, Hon. DSc (Lisbon), Hon. LLD (Aberdeen), Hon. ScD (Dublin), Sheffield, University of Wales and Reading.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1937 was awarded jointly to Clinton Joseph Davisson and George Paget Thomson "for their experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals"
Thomson was born in Cambridge in 1892, into a family of scientific distinction on both sides. His father, Sir Joseph Thomson (always known as 'J.J.'), was one of the foremost physicists of the day, Director of the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, and in … read more.
British experimental physicist Sir George Paget Thomson shared the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physics with Clinton J. Davisson for the discovery of electron diffraction, which demonstrated that subatomic particles also have wave properties, as part of the wave–particle dualism of quantum mechanics.
