Would jj thompson be considered a chemist?

Question

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you know the guy that discovered electrons?

Answer 1

Sure. Chemists do research. It is a big part of the job.

Answer 2

Sir Joseph John “J.J.” Thomson, OM, FRS (18 December 1856 – 30 August 1940) was a British physicist and Nobel laureate, credited for the discovery of the electron and of isotopes, and the invention of the mass spectrometer. He was awarded the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the electron and his work on the conduction of electricity in gases.

I guess this puts him firmly in the physics area and not a chemist.