Electron was discovered in the year 1897 by:

Q. Electron was discovered in the year 1897 by:
Answer: J. J. Thomson
Notes: Electron was discovered by J. J. Thomson in 1897 when he was studying the properties of cathode ray. Thomson won Nobel Prize in 1906 for discovering the elementary particle electron. His discovery was the first step towards a detailed model of the atom.

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