George Paget Thomson

Sir

George Thomson
Sir; George Thomson
	Thomson in 1937
Born	3 May 1892; Cambridge, England
Died	10 September 1975 (aged 83); Cambridge, England
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Known for	Electron diffraction
Spouse	Kathleen Buchanan Smith
Children	2 sons, 2 daughters
Awards	Howard N. Potts Medal (1932); Nobel Prize in Physics (1937); Hughes Medal (1939); Royal Medal (1949); Faraday Medal (1960)
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Aberdeen; Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; Imperial College London;
Academic advisors	J. J. Thomson

Sir George Paget Thomson, FRS (/ˈtɒmsən/; 3 May 1892 – 10 September 1975) was a British physicist and Nobel laureate in physics recognized for his discovery of the wave properties of the electron by electron diffraction.

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