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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.
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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.
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Proving his intelligence in the previous university, at 21 he got a scholarship to the University of Cambridge where he stayed his whole life.