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Birth
Sir Joseph John Thomson was born in England. His father was a bookseller and his mom worked in textiles. His father was so focused on education that since birth he was "destined" to be an engineer. -
University
JJ Thomson was very successful in his early years, so much so that at 14 he was sent to the university of Owen were one of the courses was physics. -
Scholarship
Proving his intelligence in the previous university, at 21 he got a scholarship to the University of Cambridge where he stayed his whole life.