Joseph John Thomson Death Cause and Date

Joseph John's Death

Born (Birthday) Dec 18, 1856

Death Date August 30, 1940

Age of Death 83 years

Cause of Death N/A

Profession Physicist

The physicist Joseph John died at the age of 83. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Physicist who proved that cathode rays had a negatively charged particle, now commonly known as the electron. He received the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics for his important work involving electricity in gasses.

He had two children: George Paget Thomson and Joan Paget Thomson.