United States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein (1896-1989).

synonyms: Virgil Garnett Thomson, Virgil Thomson.

United States electrical engineer (born in England) who in 1892 formed a company with Thomas Edison (1853-1937).

synonym: 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.