J.J Thomson Essay

J also had a brother that was two years younger than him-self named, Frederick Vernon Thompson. He went to private schools in the inception of his education career, where he showed a great bear on and passion for science, and when was 14 years old when he was accepted in to Owens College. His mother and father primarily wanted him to study to be an engineer and get an apprentice for a local locomotive manufacturer, but due to his fathers death in 1873 his plans changed.He moved away from Owens College, and into Trinity College in Cambridge, where he then obtained his BA in mathematics in 1880. He married sensation of his students, move Elizabeth Paget, and they had one son and one daughter. J. J Thompson died still working on the college campus on August 30th, 1940 from unspecified causes at the age of 83. He married one of his students, Rose Elizabeth Paget, and they had one son and one daughter. J. J Thomson was without a doubt religious.He was a devout Anglican Episcopalian w ho regularly attended run at the Angelican church, and also went to Sunday evening college chapel services. I believe, that the best statement that I found, about the religious practices of Mr. Thomson was from one of his students, Sir Owen Richardson who said He was rightfully religious, a churchman with a dislike for Anglo-Catholicism, a regular communicant, who every day knelt in private prayer, a habit known only to wench Thomson until near the end of his life. Further research shows that J. J Thompson never missed a day of prayer(as quoted above) and that every day before going to sleep, he would immortalize his bible.Some of J. Js speeches, and addresses also show that he was a devout believer in God, show in what he stated in his inaugural presidential address into the British association, As we conquer peak after peak we see in front of us regions full of interest and beauty, but we do not see ur goal, we do not see the horizon in the distance tower still higher peaks, w hich will flag to those who ascend them still wider prospects, and deepen the feeling, the truth of which is emphasized by every advance in science, that Great are the Works of the Lord. Here we clearly see, that he doesnt take credit for his accomplishments, he gives the credit to the Lord.