Thomson
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Elihu, 1853–1937, U.S. inventor, born in England.
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Sir George Paget, 1892–1975, English physicist (son of Sir Joseph John): Nobel Prize 1937.
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James, 1700–48, English poet, born in Scotland.
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James B.V., 1834–82, English poet.
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John Arthur, 1861–1933, Scottish scientist and author.
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Sir Joseph John, 1856–1940, English physicist: Nobel Prize 1906.
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Virgil, 1896–1989, U.S. composer and music critic.
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Sir William. Kelvin, 1st Baron.
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Sir George Paget, son of Joseph John Thomson. 1892–1975, British physicist, who discovered (1927) the diffraction of electrons by crystals: shared the Nobel prize for physics 1937
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James. 1700–48, Scottish poet. He anticipated the romantics' feeling for nature in The Seasons (1726–30)
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James, pen name B.V. 1834–82, British poet, born in Scotland, noted esp for The City of Dreadful Night (1874), reflecting man's isolation and despair
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Sir Joseph John. 1856–1940, British physicist. He discovered the electron (1897) and his work on the nature of positive rays led to the discovery of isotopes: Nobel prize for physics 1906
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Roy, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet. 1894–1976, British newspaper proprietor, born in Canada
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Virgil. 1896–1989, US composer, music critic, and conductor, whose works include two operas, Four Saints in Three Acts (1928) and The Mother of Us All (1947), piano sonatas, a cello concerto, songs, and film music
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Sir William. See (1st Baron) Kelvin
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Kimberley's former partner Michael Thomson, 42, told jurors that he kept in contact with her after their six-month relationship came to an end in the middle of 2022.
From BBC
And last week, news of an AI assistant that could handle some legal and research tasks rippled across the entire software sector, sparking a selloff that dragged down Salesforce, PayPal and Thomson Reuters.
In Malaysia, Thomson Hospital Kota Damansara has broadened its specialties, while Thomson Fertility has been rebranded as a leading center in reproductive medicine.
“If America is analyzed as a film genre, it would be a melodrama,” says Desson Thomson, a Washington Post staff critic for 20 years.
The analyst says Thomson Reuters beat consensus estimates on revenue and Ebitda, with the “Big 3” segments—legal,corporates and tax—performing well, while “management did not mention any issues related to AI.”
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