Thomson (surname)
WordNet
noun
(1) English physicist who experimented with the conduction of electricity through gases and who discovered the electron and determined its charge and mass (1856-1940)
(2) English physicist (son of Joseph John Thomson) who was a co-discoverer of the diffraction of electrons by crystals (1892-1975)
(3) United States electrical engineer (born in England) who in 1892 formed a company with Thomas Edison (1853-1937)
(4) United States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein (1896-1989)