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1832 – 1919William Crookes (1832-1919)Died 4 April 1919, aged 86Crookes was a British chemist and physicist who discovered the element thallium and developed the Crookes tube used in early cathode ray research. His work laid groundwork later used in the discovery of the electron and X-rays.