William Thomson (Lord Kelvin)

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:mathematician gptkb:peer gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:Peterhouse,_Cambridge gptkb:University_of_Glasgow
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	Lord Kelvin
gptkbp:award	gptkb:Copley_Medal gptkb:Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order gptkb:Royal_Medal gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:birthDate	1824-06-26
gptkbp:birthPlace	Belfast, Ireland
gptkbp:deathDate	1907-12-17
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Largs,_Scotland
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:William_Hopkins
gptkbp:doctoralStudent	gptkb:Silvanus_P._Thompson gptkb:John_Henry_Poynting
gptkbp:eponymOf	gptkb:Kelvin's_circulation_theorem gptkb:Kelvin's_law gptkb:Kelvin's_paradox gptkb:Kelvin's_vortex_atom gptkb:Kelvin–Helmholtz_instability gptkb:Kelvin–Planck_statement gptkb:Kelvin_bridge gptkb:Kelvin_probe gptkb:Kelvin_water_dropper gptkb:Kelvin_wave gptkb:kelvin_(unit) gptkb:Kelvin_effect gptkb:Kelvin's_equation gptkb:Kelvin's_transform Kelvin's solution
gptkbp:field	gptkb:mathematics physics
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:William_Thomson,_1st_Baron_Kelvin
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	William Thomson (Lord Kelvin)
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:George_Francis_FitzGerald gptkb:James_Jeans gptkb:Oliver_Heaviside gptkb:Silvanus_P._Thompson gptkb:John_Henry_Poynting gptkb:Joseph_Larmor gptkb:William_Duddell
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Fourier gptkb:James_Clerk_Maxwell gptkb:Michael_Faraday
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Royal_Society gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:nationality	British
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:second_law_of_thermodynamics gptkb:absolute_temperature_scale_(Kelvin_scale) thermodynamics transatlantic telegraph work on electricity and magnetism
gptkbp:portrait	Lord Kelvin by Hubert von Herkomer, 1897.jpg
gptkbp:president	gptkb:Royal_Society gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Presbyterianism
gptkbp:restingPlace	gptkb:Westminster_Abbey
gptkbp:signature	William Thomson signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Frances_Anna_Blandy gptkb:Margaret_Crum
gptkbp:title	gptkb:Baron_Kelvin
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Sir_William_Rowan_Hamilton
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4