Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sir_Benjamin_Thompson,_Count_Rumford

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gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:inventor gptkb:nobleman gptkb:physicist gptkb:scientist
gptkbp:award	gptkb: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:deathDate	1814-08-21
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Auteuil,_Paris,_France
gptkbp:education	Woburn public schools
gptkbp:employer	gptkb:British_Army gptkb:Electorate_of_Bavaria
gptkbp:field	engineering military science physics thermodynamics
gptkbp:founded	gptkb:Rumford_Medal gptkb:Rumford_Prize
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford
gptkbp:improves	lighting systems heating and ventilation systems military canteens soup kitchens for the poor
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Rumford_fireplace improvements to kitchen equipment work on the nature of heat experiments on heat and thermodynamics
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences gptkb:Bavarian_Academy_of_Sciences_and_Humanities gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:American gptkb:Bavarian British
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:An_Experimental_Enquiry_Concerning_the_Source_of_the_Heat_which_is_Excited_by_Friction
gptkbp:otherName	gptkb:Benjamin_Thompson gptkb:Count_Rumford
gptkbp:servedAs	gptkb:Minister_of_War_for_Bavaria Adviser to Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria Lieutenant Colonel in the British Army
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Marie-Anne_Lavoisier gptkb:Sarah_Rolfe
gptkbp:title	gptkb:Count_of_the_Holy_Roman_Empire Sir
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Rumford
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6