Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Benjamin_Thompson,_Count_Rumford
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
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gptkb:Electorate_of_Bavaria
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Rumford_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1753-03-26
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Woburn,_Massachusetts_Bay_Colony
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Auteuil_Cemetery,_Paris
gptkbp:children gptkb:Sarah_Thompson,_Countess_Rumford
gptkbp:deathDate 1814-08-21
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Auteuil,_Paris,_France
gptkbp:field engineering
military science
physics
thermodynamics
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Royal_Institution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Rumford_fireplace
work on the nature of heat
improvements in cooking and heating technology
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Bavarian_Academy_of_Sciences_and_Humanities
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkb:Bavarian
British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Experiments_to_Determine_the_Source_of_the_Heat_which_is_Excited_by_Friction
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:inventor
gptkb:physicist
gptkb:soldier
administrator
gptkbp:signature Rumford signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marie-Anne_Lavoisier
gptkb:Sarah_Rolfe
gptkbp:title gptkb:Count_of_the_Holy_Roman_Empire
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Rumford_fireplace
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5