Thomson

Thom·son  (tmsn), Elihu 1853-1937.

British-born American electrical engineer and inventor who with Thomas Edison formed the General Electric Company (1892). His inventions include the street arc lamp.

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Thomson, James 1700-1748.

Scottish-born British poet whose works, most notably The Seasons (1726-1730) and The Castle of Indolence (1748), presaged romanticism.

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Thomson, Sir Joseph John 1856-1940.

British physicist. He won a 1906 Nobel Prize for investigating the electrical conductivity of gases.

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Thomson, Virgil Garnett 1896-1989.

American composer and music critic. His works include the opera Four Saints in Three Acts (1927), with a libretto by Gertrude Stein.

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Thomson [ˈtɒmsən]

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1. (Biographies / Thomson, Sir George Paget (1892-1975) M, British, SCIENCE: physicist) Sir George Paget, son of Joseph John Thomson. 1892-1975, British physicist, who discovered (1927) the diffraction of electrons by crystals: shared the Nobel prize for physics 1937

2. (Biographies / Thomson, James (1700-1748) M, Scottish, WRITING: poet) James. 1700-48, Scottish poet. He anticipated the romantics' feeling for nature in The Seasons (1726-30)

3. (Biographies / Thomson, James (1834-1882) M, Scottish, WRITING: poet) James, pen name B.V. 1834-82, British poet, born in Scotland, noted esp for The City of Dreadful Night (1874), reflecting man's isolation and despair

4. (Biographies / Thomson, Sir Joseph John (1856-1940) M, British, SCIENCE: physicist) Sir Joseph John. 1856-1940, British physicist. He discovered the electron (1897) and his work on the nature of positive rays led to the discovery of isotopes: Nobel prize for physics 1906

5. (Biographies / Thomson, Roy (1894-1976) M, Britishnational of birth: Canadian, WRITING: newspaper proprietor) Roy, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet. 1894-1976, British newspaper proprietor, born in Canada

6. (Biographies / Thomson, Virgil (1896-1989) M, US, MUSIC: composer, MUSIC: critic, MUSIC: conductor) Virgil. 1896-1989, US composer, music critic, and conductor, whose works include two operas, Four Saints in Three Acts (1928) and The Mother of Us All (1947), piano sonatas, a cello concerto, songs, and film music

7. (Biographies) Sir William. See (1st Baron) Kelvin

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Thomson - United States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein (1896-1989) Virgil Garnett Thomson, Virgil Thomson
	2.	Thomson - United States electrical engineer (born in England) who in 1892 formed a company with Thomas Edison (1853-1937) Elihu Thomson
	3.	Thomson - English physicist (son of Joseph John Thomson) who was a co-discoverer of the diffraction of electrons by crystals (1892-1975) George Paget Thomson, Sir George Paget Thomson
	4.	Thomson - English physicist who experimented with the conduction of electricity through gases and who discovered the electron and determined its charge and mass (1856-1940) Joseph John Thomson, Sir Joseph John Thomson