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What was relevant during this time period?
While at Cambridge, Thomson was active in sports.
What studies did he pursue?
He also took a lively interest in the classics, music, and literature; but the real love of his intellectual life was the pursuit of science.
Did he win any awards or have outstanding achievements?
He was elected a fellow of St.
Peter's.
Did he graduate from Cambridge with a degree in what field?
At twenty-two he found himself wearing the gown of a learned professor in one of the oldest Universities in the country.

Question: what years was he attending cambridge?
Self-contained rewrite: What years did William Thomson attend Cambridge?