Sir Joseph John Thomson OM FRS (18 December 1856 – 30 August 1940) was a British physicist and Nobel Laureate in Physics, credited with the discovery...
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about the time Richard J. Harrington, an accountant, became chief executive officer of the company. One of the first moves came when Thomson spent $3.4 billion...
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appeared as a coroner in the thriller Bloody Flowers directed by Richard J. Thomson and starring Amanda Lear. In 2009, she played in the series Action...
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Lord Kelvin (redirect from William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin)
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, OM, GCVO, PC, FRS, FRSE (26 June 1824 – 17 December 1907) was an Irish-born, British mathematician, mathematical physicist...
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David Kenneth Roy Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet (born 12 June 1957), is a Canadian/British hereditary peer and media magnate. Upon the death of his...
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Judith Jarvis Thomson (October 4, 1929 – November 20, 2020) was an American philosopher who studied and worked on ethics and metaphysics. Her work ranges...
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J. Anderson Thomson Jr. is an American psychiatrist and writer. He is a Trustee of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science and board member...
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Couper Thomson took over the publishing business, and established it as D.C. Thomson in 1905. The firm flourished, and took its place as the third J in the...
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Somerton Man (redirect from Jessica Thomson)
26 April 1995: Prosper Thomson dies. 17 August 1995: Boxall dies. 13 May 2007: Jessica Thomson dies. 18 March 2009: Robin Thomson dies. 14 October 2019:...
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Vantiva (redirect from Thomson Consumer Electronics)
Vantiva SA, formerly Technicolor SA, Thomson SARL, Thomson SA, and Thomson Multimedia, is a French multinational corporation that provides creative services...
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a published poet, Thomson met the great English poets of the day including Richard Savage, Aaron Hill and Alexander Pope. Thomson's mother died on 12...
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Charles Thomson (November 29, 1729 – August 16, 1824) was an Irish-born patriot leader in Philadelphia during the American Revolution and the secretary...
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Robert Brown Thomson (October 25, 1923 – August 16, 2010) was a Scottish-born American professional baseball player, nicknamed "the Staten Island Scot"...
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repel each other with a force given by Coulomb's law. The physicist J. J. Thomson posed the problem in 1904 after proposing an atomic model, later called...
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Thomas John Thomson (August 5, 1877 – July 8, 1917) was a Canadian artist active in the early 20th century. During his short career, he produced roughly...
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Beatrix Thomson (1900–1986) was a British stage actress. She also made a handful of appearances in film and television. A graduate of RADA, she made her...
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Widmanstätten pattern (redirect from Thomson structure)
Widmanstätten patterns, also known as Thomson structures, are figures of long phases of nickel–iron, found in the octahedrite shapes of iron meteorite...
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Rothmund–Thomson syndrome (RTS) is a rare autosomal recessive skin condition. There have been several reported cases associated with osteosarcoma. A hereditary...
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Jeffrey Robert Thomson (born 16 August 1950) is a former Australian cricketer. Known as "Thommo", he is one of the fastest bowlers in the history of cricket;...
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2018. "William J. Burns, August 22, 1921 – June 14, 1924". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved January 19, 2017. Samuels, Richard J. (December 21...
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Rutherford was unimpressed, but Oppenheimer went to Cambridge nonetheless; J. J. Thomson ultimately accepted him on the condition that he complete a basic laboratory...
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including one to Richard Pryor [2]. He has frequently acknowledged writing one of the few negative reviews of The Shawshank Redemption. Thomson left the Washington...
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Armistead Thomson Mason (August 4, 1787 – February 6, 1819) was a U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1816 to 1817. Mason was also the second-youngest person...
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George Thomson Ian Thomson (disambiguation) James Thomson (disambiguation) John Thomson (disambiguation) Julius Thomson (disambiguation) Richard Thomson (disambiguation)...
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Alexander "Greek" Thomson (9 April 1817 – 22 March 1875) was an eminent Scottish architect and architectural theorist who was a pioneer in sustainable...
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Richard Ayoade (/ˌaɪoʊˈɑːdi/ EYE-oh-AH-dee; born 23 May 1977) is a British comedian, actor, writer and director. He played the role of socially awkward...
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Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story in 1948. In 1949, Virgil Thomson won the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his score to the film (which is based...
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screenwriter Frances Marion, and their children Richard Thomson (adopted) and Frederick C. Thomson. Thomson was interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in...
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Bailey (17 April 1586) as Richard Lea alias Longe. Along with Richard Sergeant, he was condemned and executed William Thomson, a native of Blackburn, Lancashire...
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Stevens T. Mason (redirect from Stevens Thomson Mason)
Stevens Thomson Mason (October 27, 1811 – January 4, 1843) was an American politician who served as the first governor of Michigan from 1835 to 1840....
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