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Joseph John Thomson
Full Name of the recipient | Joseph John Thomson |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
Year of Award | 1906 |
Share in Award | 100.0% |
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Motivation for the Award | in recognition of the great merits of his theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom |
Place of Birth | Cheetham Hill, near Manchester, United Kingdom GBR |
Date of Birth | 18 December 1856 |
Age at the time of Award | 49 years |
Place of Death | Cambridge, United Kingdom GBR |
Date of Death | 30 August 1940 |