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Thomson, Joseph John, Sir, 1856-1940 (English physicist, Nobel Laureate in Physics )

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Dates

  • Existence: 18 December 1856 - 30 August 1940

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence from J.J. Thomson to Edward Appleton, 1931, 1937

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Identifier: Coll-37/E.115
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from J.J. Thomson to Edward Appleton, dated 1931 and 1937. The letter from 1931 relates to J. Clerk Maxwell and to one from 1937 relates to the serious illness of his son, G.P. Thomson (later Sir).

Dates: 1931, 1937
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Correspondence

Photographs of J.J. Thomson and of the Old Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, c 1906-1908

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Identifier: Coll-37/H.30
Scope and Contents

The material consists of photographs of Professor Sir J.J. Thomson and of the Old Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, c 1906-1908.

Dates: c 1906-1908
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Non-print material / Photographs of Edward Appleton, colleagues and friends

Professors Ernest Rutherford and Joseph John Thomson, c mid-20th century

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Identifier: Coll-1716/1/18
Scope and Contents

Glass slide showing a group portrait of Ernest Rutherford and Joseph John Thomson (photograph).

Dates: c mid-20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Slides of Professor Max Born / Portraits of scientists

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