George Paget Thomson
George Paget Thomson | |
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Thomson in 1937 | |
| 43rd Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge | |
| In office 1952–1962 | |
| Preceded by | Will Spens |
| Succeeded by | Frank Godbould Lee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 May 1892 Cambridge, England |
| Died | 10 September 1975 (aged 83) Cambridge, England |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Discovering electron diffraction (1927) |
| Spouse |
Kathleen Buchanan Smith
(m. 1924; died 1941) |
| Children | 4, including John |
| Father | J. J. Thomson |
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| Awards |
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| Honours | Knight Bachelor (1943) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
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| Academic advisors | J. J. Thomson |
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Sir George Paget Thomson (/ˈtɒmsən/; 3 May 1892 – 10 September 1975) was an English physicist who shared the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physics with Clinton Davisson “for their experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals”.