Birth of Joseph John Thomson
Birth of Joseph John Thomson
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Joseph John Thomson Biography and Timeline
Follow Joseph John Thomson through 9 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Joseph John Thomson, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1856–1913Years on this page
1856
1897
Discovery of Electrons
Discovers the electron
Cathode-Ray Charge-to-Mass Ratio
Measures the charge-to-mass ratio of cathode-ray particles and shows they are far lighter than atoms.
Cathode-Ray Corpuscles
Argues that cathode rays consist of universal negatively charged corpuscles, later called electrons.
1904
Electron Atomic Model
Proposes an atomic model containing negatively charged electrons embedded within diffuse positive charge.
1906
Nobel Prize for Gas Conduction
Receives the Nobel Prize in Physics for investigations of electrical conduction through gases.
Nobel Prize
Receives the Nobel Prize in Physics for theoretical and experimental investigations of electrical conduction through gases, work closely associated with the identification of the electron.
1913
Neon Isotopes
Finds evidence that neon atoms occur with different masses.
Positive-Ray Mass Analysis
Uses positive rays to reveal the element's isotopic composition.
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