noun
- United States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein (1896-1989.
- synonyms: Virgil Thomson, Virgil Garnett Thomson
- United States electrical engineer (born in England) who in 1892 formed a company with Thomas Edison (1853-1937.
- synonyms: Elihu Thomson
- English physicist (son of Joseph John Thomson) who was a co-discoverer of the diffraction of electrons by crystals (1892-1975.
- synonyms: George Paget Thomson, Sir George Paget 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. ).
- synonyms: Joseph John Thomson, Sir Joseph John Thomson
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