Biography
J.J. Thomson (Joseph John) was born on December 18th 1856 and died on August 30th 1940. He was a British physicist who was born in Manchester. He entered Trinity College in Cambridge as a minor scholar. His parents planned to enroll him as an engineer, but he wanted to become a physicist instead. J.J's father died when he was 16 years old. J.J. married Rose Paget, and they had 2 children. His kids, George and Joan ended up becoming physicists as well.