Thomson
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Thomson may refer to:
[edit] People
- 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
[edit] Science
- 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Things
- Thomson MO5 and MO6, TO7, TO8 and TO9, microcomputers by Thomson SA in the 1980s
[edit] See also
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