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John Dalton
Edited the Atomic model saying that electrons were mixed with the atom like chocolate chips in cookie dough. -
Dmitri Mendeleev
Created the Periodic Table of Elements -
Eugene Goldstein
Experimented with cathode tubes -
J.J. Thompson
Came up with the "Plum Pudding Model, where the atom is composed of electrons surrounded by a soup of positive electrons. -
R.A. Millikan
Determined the charge and mass of an electron using an oil drop experiment -
Ernest Rutherford
Probed atoms in a piece of gold foil proving there is space between atoms. -
Henry Mosely
Determined charges of nuclei of most atoms using xray tubes. -
Neils Bohr
Developed explanation of atomic structure that regulates periodic table of elements. -
Louis de Broglie
Discovered electrons have a dual nature similar to particles and waves. supported Einstein -
Erwin Schrodinger
viewed electrons as continuous clouds and introduced wave mechanics as mathematical models of atoms -
James Chadwick
discovered neutral atomic article with a mass close to protron, discovering the neutron.