Sir Benjamin Thompson

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Royal_Society_Copley_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1753-03-26
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Woburn,_Massachusetts_Bay_Colony
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Auteuil_Cemetery,_Paris
gptkbp:child gptkb:Sarah_Thompson,_Countess_Rumford
gptkbp:contributedTo founding of the Royal Institution
gptkbp:deathDate 1814-08-21
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Auteuil,_Paris,_France
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gptkb:Rumford_stove
gptkbp:education self-taught
gptkbp:emigratedTo gptkb:Bavaria
gptkb:England
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Benjamin Thompson
gptkbp:improves military canteens
public soup kitchens
gptkbp:influenced thermodynamics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkb:Joseph_Black
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Rumford_fireplace
improvements to kitchen equipment
work on the nature of heat
experiments on heat and thermodynamics
gptkbp:loyalistDuring gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Bavarian_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
British
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:inventor
gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:physicist
administrator
gptkbp:reformed gptkb:Bavarian_Army
Bavarian social welfare system
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Munich,_Bavaria
gptkb:London,_England
gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:British_Army
gptkb:Bavarian_Army
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marie-Anne_Lavoisier
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:academic_journal
biographies
historical studies
gptkbp:title gptkb:Count_of_the_Holy_Roman_Empire
Sir
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gptkb:Count_Rumford
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