1st Baron Kelvin

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1st_Baron_Kelvin

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:University_of_Cambridge gptkb:University_of_Glasgow
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Copley_Medal gptkb:Royal_Medal gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:birthDate	1824-06-26
gptkbp:birthPlace	Belfast, Ireland
gptkbp:deathDate	1907-12-17
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Largs,_Scotland
gptkbp:eponymOf	gptkb:Kelvin's_electrostatic_theorem gptkb:Kelvin's_problem gptkb:Kelvin's_theorem gptkb:Kelvin's_wave gptkb:Kelvin's_circulation_theorem gptkb:Kelvin's_law gptkb:Kelvin's_method_of_images gptkb:Kelvin's_minimum_energy_theorem gptkb:Kelvin's_paradox gptkb:Kelvin's_ship_wave_pattern gptkb:Kelvin's_statement_of_the_second_law_of_thermodynamics gptkb:Kelvin's_temperature_scale gptkb:Kelvin's_thunderstorm gptkb:Kelvin's_vortex_atom gptkb:Kelvin–Helmholtz_instability gptkb:Kelvin–Planck_statement gptkb:Kelvin–Stokes_theorem gptkb:Kelvin_bridge gptkb:Kelvin_probe gptkb:Kelvin_water_dropper gptkb:Kelvin_wave gptkb:kelvin_(unit) gptkb:Kelvin_effect gptkb:Kelvin's_equation gptkb:Kelvin's_transform Kelvin's solution Kelvin's statement
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	1st Baron Kelvin
gptkbp:knownFor	absolute temperature scale telegraph thermodynamics
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Royal_Society gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:name	gptkb:William_Thomson
gptkbp:nationality	British
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:Dynamical_Theory_of_Heat On an Absolute Thermometric Scale
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:engineer gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:restingPlace	gptkb:Westminster_Abbey
gptkbp:title	gptkb:Baron_Kelvin
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:William_Thomson gptkb:William_Thomson,_1st_Baron_Kelvin
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5