Cavendish Professor of Physics
12/22/1884 AD hired
The appointment caused considerable surprise, given that candidates such as Osborne Reynolds or Richard Glazebrook were older and more experienced in laboratory work. Thomson was known for his work as a mathematician, where he was recognized as an exceptional talent.
One of Thomson's students was Ernest Rutherford, who later succeeded him as Cavendish Professor of Physics.
Six of Thomson's research assistants won Nobel Prizes in physics
- Charles Glover Barkla
- Niels Bohr
- Max Born
- William Henry Bragg
- Owen Willans Richardson
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson , and two won Nobel prizes in chemistry
Francis William Aston
- Ernest Rutherford
Thomson's son (George Paget Thomson) also won the 1937 Nobel Prize in physics for proving the wave-like properties of electrons.
Subjects Who or What hired?
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University of Cambridge School
Objects To Whom or What was hired?
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J. J. Thomson (Sir Joseph John) British physicist and No...
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