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electron microscope, theoretical basis for the more... Encarta Search Search Encarta about George Thomson Also on Encarta 7 tips for funding an online degree How to succeed in the fashion industry without being a top designer Presidential Myths Quiz Advertisement George Thomson Encyclopedia Article Find Print E-mail Blog It Multimedia 1 item George Thomson (1892-1975), British physicist and Nobel laureate, son of Sir Joseph Thomson. George Paget Thomson was born in Cambridge, England, and educated at Trinity College, University of Cambridge. He taught physics at Cambridge (1919-22), at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland (1922-30), and at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London (1930-52). He was master of Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge, from 1952 to 1962. He shared the 1937 Nobel Prize in physics with the American physicist Clinton Davisson for their independent proof of the wave properties of electrons. Thomson, also noted for his work in aerodynamics and nuclear energy, was knighted in 1943. More from Encarta Offer: Live online homework help Math, Science, History and English | |
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