| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:inventor gptkb:person
 gptkb:physicist
 gptkb:scientist
 
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                                | gptkbp:award | gptkb:Copley_Medal 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1753-03-26 
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                                | gptkbp:birthName | gptkb:Benjamin_Thompson 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Woburn,_Massachusetts_Bay,_British_America 
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                                | gptkbp:burialPlace | gptkb:Auteuil,_Paris,_France 
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                                | gptkbp:children | gptkb:Sarah_Thompson,_Countess_Rumford 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | 1814-08-21 
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                                | gptkbp:deathPlace | gptkb:Auteuil,_Paris,_France 
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                                | gptkbp:education | gptkb:Harvard_University_(honorary_degree) 
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                                | gptkbp:employer | gptkb:American_colonial_militia gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
 gptkb:Bavarian_Army
 
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                                | gptkbp:field | engineering military science
 physics
 thermodynamics
 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | development of thermodynamics 
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                                | gptkbp:influencedBy | gptkb:Antoine_Lavoisier gptkb:Isaac_Newton
 gptkb:Joseph_Black
 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | gptkb:Rumford_fireplace work on the nature of heat
 experiments on heat and friction
 founding the Royal Institution of Great Britain
 improvements to the design of chimneys
 
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                                | gptkbp:memberOf | gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences gptkb:Bavarian_Academy_of_Sciences_and_Humanities
 gptkb:Royal_Society
 
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                                | gptkbp:militaryRank | Colonel Lieutenant Colonel
 Major General
 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | gptkb:American gptkb:Bavarian
 British
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableWork | gptkb:An_Experimental_Enquiry_Concerning_the_Source_of_the_Heat_which_is_Excited_by_Friction gptkb:Rumford_Soup
 gptkb:Essays,_Political,_Economical,_and_Philosophical
 gptkb:Rumford_fireplace
 Experiments on Heat
 
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                                | gptkbp:otherName | gptkb:Graf_von_Rumford gptkb:Sir_Benjamin_Thompson
 
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                                | gptkbp:residence | gptkb:Munich,_Bavaria gptkb:London,_England
 gptkb:Paris,_France
 gptkb:Woburn,_Massachusetts
 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Sarah_Walker gptkb:Marie-Anne_Lavoisier
 
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                                | gptkbp:title | gptkb:Count_of_the_Holy_Roman_Empire 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Benjamin_Thompson 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 4 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Count Rumford 
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