the ledger of connections
The Connections of J. J. Thomson
British physicist (1856-1940) Every person recorded alongside J. J. Thomson in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside J. J. Thomson in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Joseph James Thomson, Emma Swindells
- Spouses
- Rose Thomson
- Children
- George Paget Thomson, Joan Paget Thomson
- Siblings
- Frederick Vernon Thomson
- Teachers
- Thomas Barker, Osborne Reynolds
- Students
- Ernest Rutherford, Niels Bohr, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Charles Glover Barkla, Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Francis William Aston, William Henry Bragg, Max Born, John Sealy Townsend, Balthasar van der Pol, John Zeleny, Daniel Frost Comstock
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1856 to 1940.
Modern era
Stefan Thomas
February 1, 1932 – February 7, 2025
Historical figure
Modern era
Juan Benet
October 7, 1927 – January 5, 1993
Spanish writer (1927–1993)
Modern era
Joseph Poon
b. 1935
Taiwanese film director, screenwriter and producer
Modern era
Timothy C. May
1940 – September 22, 2011
English sociologist & race car historian (1940-2011)
Modern era
Richard Teng
December 29, 1906 – May 5, 1990
Estonian ship captain resided in Canada (1906-1990)
Modern era
Arthur Hayes
January 3, 1923 – April 1, 1997
1923-1997
Modern era
Erik Voorhees
b. c. 1901
American businessman and entrepreneur
Modern era
Su Zhu
February 16, 1921 – August 20, 2008
2nd Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, 2nd Premier of the People's Republic of China (1921–2008)
Modern era
Raoul Pal
January 12, 1912 – March 10, 1995
Finnish writer (1912-1995)
Modern era
Brian Brooks
1937 – April 8, 2026
New Zealand legal academic (1937–2026)
Modern era
Peter McCormack
April 22, 1919 – January 28, 1988
American politician
Modern era
Peter Schiff
June 27, 1923 – April 17, 2014
German actor and voice actor (1923–2014)