Thomson

Thomson

Thomson may refer to:

People

Main|Thomson (surname)includes name origin and people with the name
* Alexander 'Greek' Thomson (1817–1875), Scottish architect
* J. J. Thomson (Sir Joseph John Thomson, 1856–1940), English physicist who discovered the electron
* Lord Kelvin aka William Thomson (1824-1907), 1st Baron Kelvin - mathematical physicist and engineer
* Elihu Thomson (1853-1937) electrical pioneer, and inventor

cience

*thomson (unit), a unit for mass-to-charge ratio, symbol: Th
*Thomson effect, named for William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, which is the heating or cooling of a current-carrying conductor when a temperature gradient is present

Places

*Thomson, Georgia, a U.S. city
*Thomson, Illinois, a U.S. village
*Thomson River (Queensland), Australia
*Thomson, Singapore, an estate
*David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute, a high school located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Business

*Thomson SA, formerly known as Thomson Multimedia, a French electronics manufacturer and media services provider
*Thomson-CSF, former name for the company Thales Group
*The Thomson Corporation, a Canadian-based information services company
*Thomson Reuters, a media company created by The Thomson Corporation's purchase of Reuters on 17 April, 2008
*Thomson Local, the UK business directory published by Thomson Directories
*Various businesses of TUI AG:
**Thomson Holidays, a UK based travel company founded by the Thomson Corporation in 1965. Now a subsidiary of TUI UK.
**Thomsonfly, a UK airline, part of TUI AG, formerly Britannia Airways

Things

*Thomson MO5 and MO6, TO7, TO8 and TO9, microcomputers by Thomson SA in the 1980s

ee also

* Thompson (disambiguation)
* Thomsen
* Thomason


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