William Thomson

GPTKB entity

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gptkb:University_of_Glasgow
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Lord Kelvin
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gptkb:Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:order_of_merit
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gptkbp:birthPlace Belfast, Ireland
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:second_law_of_thermodynamics
telegraph
gptkbp:deathDate 1907-12-17
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Largs,_Scotland
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gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
engineering
physics
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gptkbp:honoraryDegree gptkb:DCL,_University_of_Oxford
gptkb:LLD,_University_of_Cambridge
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Thomson
gptkbp:influenced thermodynamics
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gptkb:James_Prescott_Joule
gptkb:Michael_Faraday
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thermodynamics
transatlantic telegraph
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gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:engineer
gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:patent mirror galvanometer
siphon recorder
gptkbp:peerage gptkb:Baron_Kelvin_of_Largs
gptkbp:president gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Dynamical_Theory_of_Heat
On an Absolute Thermometric Scale
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Glasgow,_Scotland
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Westminster_Abbey
gptkbp:signature William Thomson signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Frances_Anna_Blandy
gptkb:Margaret_Crum
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gptkb:Sir_William_Thomson_(Lord_Kelvin)
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