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Benjamin Thompson

Count Rumford

American-born British physicist and inventor (1753–1814).

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Place of Birth

Woburn
Located in the Administrative Territorial Entity
:
Province of Massachusetts Bay
Country
:
British America

Country of Citizenship

United States
(1783)
Point in Time
: 1783
Kingdom of Great Britain
( - 1785)
End Time
: 1785
Electorate of Bavaria
(1785 - 1796)
End Time
: 1796
Start Time
: 1785

Occupation

Physicist
Engineer
Dietitian
Thermophysicist
Writer

Spouse

Mary-Anne Paulze Lavoisier
(1805 - )
End Time
: unknown value
Start Time
: 1805
Latest Date
: 1814

Member Of

Royal Society
(4/22/1779 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Fellow of the Royal Society
Start Time
: 4/22/1779
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
Göttingen Academy of Sciences

Place of Death

Auteuil

Date of Birth

3/26/1753

Date of Death

8/21/1814
8/25/1814

Instance Of

Human

Award Received

Fellow of the Royal Society
Order of the White Eagle
Copley Medal
(1792)
Award Rationale
: For his various Papers on the Properties and Communication of Heat.
Point in Time
: 1792
Rumford Medal
(1800)
Point in Time
: 1800
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
(1789 - )
Start Time
: 1789

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Given Name

Benjamin

Described by Source

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Nordisk Familjebok
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Title
: Румфорд Бенджамин
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Thompson, Benjamin (1754-1814) (DNB00)
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Rumford, Benjamin Thompson Graf Von
Obálky Knih
URL
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Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24487785
Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q87083224
Medvik
URL
:bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#Url
Subject Named As
:Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Subject Named As
:Rumford, Count
Library of the World's Best Literature
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24737450
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
Statement Is Subject Of
:
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Rumford, Benjamin Thompson, Count
The New Student's Reference Work
Statement Is Subject Of
:
The New Student's Reference Work/Rumford, Count
New International Encyclopedia
Statement Is Subject Of
:
The New International Encyclopædia/Rumford, Benjamin Thompson, Count
Physicists: Biographical Dictionary
Page(s)
:238
BEIC Digital Library

Child

Sarah Thompson, Countess Rumford

Commons Gallery

Benjamin Thompson

Family Name

Thompson

Religion or Worldview

Anglicanism

Residence

Broadway

Educated At

Harvard College

Field of Work

Thermal Physics
Optics

Different From

Benjamin C. Thompson

Place of Burial

Auteuil Cemetery

Noble Title

Imperial Count

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Sex or Gender

Male

Has Works in the Collection

National Gallery of Art

Writing Language

English

Position Held

Professor

Mother

Ruth Thompson

Father

Benjamin Thompson

Depicted By

Sir Benjamin Thompson, Later Count Rumford (1753-1814)

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