Early Life
What year was he born?
1856
What charge did cathode rays carry?
A Negative charge
Was his theory rejected or accepted?
Accepted
What award did he get in 1906?
He got the Nobel Peace prize for physics
What town was he born in?
Cheetham Hill
What are the small particles now named?
Electrons
In 1903 what oppurtunity did he get?
He got the chance to broaden his view on the behavior of particles.
What did he get in 1908?
He got knighted
How old was he when he went to Owens College?
14 years old
What did he name the small particles?
Corpuscles
Where was he able to broaden his view the behavior of particles?
At his Silliman lectures at Yale university
What award did he receive in 1912?
He got the Order of Merit
What college did he go to and stay at?
Trinity College
Smaller things of the same particles make up the bigger substance.
What was foreshadowed by his theory of discontinous light?
Albert Einsteins theory of photons
What position did he get in 1909?
He was made President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
When did he begin to develop the theory of electromagnetism?
In 1880
In 1906 what did he start studying?
Positive Ions