Sir William Thomson, Lord Kelvin

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sir_William_Thomson,_Lord_Kelvin

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gptkbp:award	gptkb:Copley_Medal gptkb:Knight_Bachelor gptkb:Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order gptkb:Royal_Medal gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:birthDate	1824-06-26
gptkbp:birthName	gptkb:William_Thomson
gptkbp:birthPlace	Belfast, Ireland
gptkbp:deathDate	1907-12-17
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Largs,_Scotland
gptkbp:eponymOf	gptkb:Kelvin's_electrostatic_theorem 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_temperature_scale gptkb:Kelvin's_vortex_atom gptkb:Kelvin's_water_dropper gptkb:Kelvin–Helmholtz_instability gptkb:Kelvin–Planck_statement gptkb:Kelvin–Stokes_theorem gptkb:Kelvin_bridge gptkb:Kelvin_transform gptkb:Kelvin_water_dropper gptkb:Kelvin_wave gptkb:kelvin_(unit) gptkb:Kelvin's_vortex_atom_theory gptkb:Kelvin's_equation gptkb:Kelvin's_ship_wave gptkb:Kelvin's_thermodynamic_scale gptkb:Kelvin_(temperature_scale) Kelvin's solution Kelvin's equation for capillarity Kelvin's law of heat conduction
gptkbp:field	gptkb:mathematics physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Sir William Thomson, Lord Kelvin
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:George_Francis_FitzGerald gptkb:John_Ambrose_Fleming gptkb:Oliver_Heaviside
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:James_Clerk_Maxwell gptkb:Michael_Faraday
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:dynamical_theory_of_heat gptkb:Kelvin_scale gptkb:second_law_of_thermodynamics absolute temperature scale mathematical analysis of electricity thermodynamics transatlantic telegraph
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gptkbp:nationality	British
gptkbp:notableStudent	gptkb:John_Ambrose_Fleming
gptkbp:position	gptkb:Professor_of_Natural_Philosophy,_University_of_Glasgow
gptkbp:restingPlace	gptkb:Westminster_Abbey
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Frances_Anna_Blandy gptkb:Margaret_Crum
gptkbp:title	gptkb:1st_Baron_Kelvin
gptkbp:workInstitution	gptkb:University_of_Glasgow
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:High_School_of_Glasgow
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