Sir William Crookes

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Sir William Crookes
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General Information

• Born in London, June 17, 1832
• Son of Joseph Crookes and Mary Scott.
• Died in London, April 4th, 1919

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Interesting Points

• Superintendent of Radcliffe Observatory
  Meteorological Department in 1854.
• Founded the Chemical News in 1859.
• Discovered the element thallium in 1861.
• Crookes Radiometer
• Knighted in 1897
• Wrote a book on diamonds in 1909

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Pictures

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Atomic discovery

• Crookes tube - 1875

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Conclusion

• Sir William Crookes
• Developed the Crookes tube in 1875
• Crookes tube led to the development of the
  cathode ray tube used to discover the electron