William Thomson, Lord Kelvin

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

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:mathematician gptkb:peer gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:University_of_Cambridge gptkb:University_of_Glasgow
gptkbp:award	gptkb:Copley_Medal gptkb:Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath 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_(unit) gptkb:Kelvin_Hall Kelvin (Martian crater) Kelvin (crater) Kelvin (lunar crater) Kelvin Grove Park Kelvin River
gptkbp:father	gptkb:James_Thomson
gptkbp:field	gptkb:mathematics physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	William Thomson, Lord Kelvin
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
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Royal_Society gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh gptkb:Royal_Swedish_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality	British
gptkbp:notableStudent	gptkb:William_Edward_Ayrton gptkb:Arthur_Schuster gptkb:James_Alfred_Ewing gptkb:John_Ambrose_Fleming gptkb:John_Perry gptkb:Osborne_Reynolds gptkb:Silvanus_P._Thompson gptkb:William_Crookes gptkb:William_Henry_Bragg gptkb:William_Lawrence_Bragg gptkb:William_Ramsay gptkb:William_Sutherland gptkb:William_Watson gptkb:William_Mitchinson_Hicks gptkb:William_Barlow gptkb:Charles_Algernon_Parsons gptkb:John_Henry_Poynting gptkb:Oliver_Lodge gptkb:William_Duddell gptkb:William_Henry_Perkin gptkb:William_Esson gptkb:William_Dobinson_Halliburton gptkb:William_Cecil_Dampier gptkb:George_Chrystal gptkb:William_Huggins gptkb:William_Jackson_Pope gptkb:Andrew_Gray gptkb:William_de_Wiveleslie_Abney James Thomson Bottomley Richard Threlfall William Dallinger William Hampson William McFadden Orr William Napier Shaw
gptkbp:position	gptkb:Professor_of_Natural_Philosophy,_University_of_Glasgow
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Presbyterianism
gptkbp:restingPlace	gptkb:Westminster_Abbey
gptkbp:sibling	gptkb:James_Thomson_(engineer)
gptkbp:signature	William Thomson signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Frances_Anna_Blandy gptkb:Margaret_Crum
gptkbp:title	gptkb:1st_Baron_Kelvin
gptkbp:workInstitution	gptkb:University_of_Glasgow
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Victorian_People gptkb:Victorian_period
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7