| George Paget Thomson  Born: 3-May-1892
Birthplace: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Died: 10-Sep-1975
Location of death: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Physicist Nationality: England
Executive summary: Diffraction of electrons Military service: Queen's Regiment of Infantry (WWI) Father: J. J. Thomson (physicist)
Mother: Rose Elisabeth Paget
Wife: Kathleen Buchanan Smith (m. 1924, d. 1941, two sons, two daughters)
University: Trinity College, Cambridge University
Professor: University of Aberdeen
Professor: Non-Resident Lecturer, Cornell University (1929-30)
Professor: Imperial College of Science and Technology, London (1930-52)
Professor: Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University (1952-62)
Nobel Prize for Physics 1937 (with Clinton J. Davisson)
Hughes Medal 1939
Knighthood 1943
Royal Medal 1949
Royal Society
Author of books:
Theory and Practice of Electron Diffraction (1939, physics)
The Atom and The Foreseeable Future (1955)
The Inspiration of Science (1962)
J.J. Thomson and the Cavendish Laboratory in His Day (1965, history)
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