George Paget Thomson

Sir George Paget Thomson FRS
Thomson in 1937
43rd Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
In office 1952–1962
Preceded by	Will Spens
Succeeded by	Frank Godbould Lee
Personal details
Born	(1892-05-03)3 May 1892 Cambridge, England
Died	10 September 1975(1975-09-10) (aged 83) Cambridge, England
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Known for	Discovering electron diffraction (1927)
Spouse	Kathleen Buchanan Smith ​ ​ (m. 1924; died 1941)​
Children	4, including John
Father	J. J. Thomson
Relatives	George Edward Paget (grandfather) George Adam Smith (father-in-law) Adam Thomson (grandson)
Awards	Howard N. Potts Medal (1932) Nobel Prize in Physics (1937) Hughes Medal (1939) Royal Medal (1949) Faraday Medal (1960)
Honours	Knight Bachelor (1943)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Aberdeen (until 1929) Cornell University (1929–1930) Imperial College London (1930–1952)
Academic advisors	J. J. Thomson

Sir George Paget Thomson (/ˈtɒmsən/; 3 May 1892 – 10 September 1975) was an English physicist who shared the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physics with Clinton Davisson “for their experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals”.^[1][2]