Thomson's Discovery of Electron Thomson's Contribution to Atomic Theory Lesson Summary Frequently Asked Questions What is J.J. Thomson's model of the atom called? The atomic model that Thomson initially supported was called the Plum Pudding Model. It was later supplanted by the Rutherford Model...
Joseph John Thomson won the Nobel Prize in 1906 for the discovery of the electron. (Photo Credit : Wikimedia Commons) Thomson, in the prestigiousPhilosophical Magazine’s March edition of 1904, proposed a model of the atom according to which the atom was a bounded region of positive charge t...