Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin)

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:engineer
gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Glasgow
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:order_of_merit
Knighted by Queen Victoria
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:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:William_Hopkins
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:James_Alfred_Ewing
gptkb:John_Ambrose_Fleming
gptkb:John_Perry
gptkb:Osborne_Reynolds
gptkb:Silvanus_P._Thompson
gptkbp:education gptkb:Peterhouse,_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Glasgow
gptkbp:eponymOf gptkb:Kelvin's_absolute_electrometer
gptkb:Kelvin's_ball_and_disc_integrator
gptkb:Kelvin's_circulation_theorem
gptkb:Kelvin's_double_bridge
gptkb:Kelvin's_electrometer
gptkb:Kelvin's_electrostatic_voltmeter
gptkb:Kelvin's_harmonograph
gptkb:Kelvin's_law
gptkb:Kelvin's_method_of_images
gptkb:Kelvin's_minimum_energy_theorem
gptkb:Kelvin's_paradox
gptkb:Kelvin's_quadrant_electrometer
gptkb:Kelvin's_ship_wave_pattern
gptkb:Kelvin's_statement_of_the_second_law_of_thermodynamics
gptkb:Kelvin's_temperature_scale
gptkb:Kelvin's_thunderstorm
gptkb:Kelvin's_vortex_atom
gptkb:Kelvin–Helmholtz_instability
gptkb:Kelvin–Planck_statement
gptkb:Kelvin–Stokes_theorem
gptkb:Kelvin_bridge
gptkb:Kelvin_equation
gptkb:Kelvin_probe
gptkb:Kelvin_transform
gptkb:Kelvin_water_dropper
gptkb:Kelvin_wave
gptkb:kelvin_(unit)
gptkbp:field electrical engineering
mathematical physics
thermodynamics
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Lord Kelvin
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin)
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:George_Francis_FitzGerald
gptkb:James_Clerk_Maxwell
gptkb:John_Ambrose_Fleming
gptkb:Oliver_Heaviside
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Fourier
gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkb:James_Prescott_Joule
gptkb:Michael_Faraday
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Kelvin_scale
gptkb:second_law_of_thermodynamics
absolute temperature scale
invention of the mirror galvanometer
invention of the siphon recorder
telegraph
work on thermodynamics
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Institution
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh
gptkb:Royal_Society_of_London
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:peerage gptkb:Baron_Kelvin_of_Largs
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Professor_of_Natural_Philosophy,_University_of_Glasgow
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Westminster_Abbey
gptkbp:signature Kelvin signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Frances_Anna_Blandy
gptkb:Margaret_Crum
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:University_of_Glasgow
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3