A physicist.[ref]
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1906/thomson/biographical/. Biographical identity and professional specialization
Portrait of Joseph John Thomson
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The Thomson charge-to-mass experiment used electric and magnetic deflections of cathode rays to investigate their charged constituents. It determines a charge-to-mass ratio; separating electric charge from mass requires additional information.
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