Benjamin Thompson
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 211 years ago |
| Date of birth | March 26,1753 |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Born | Woburn |
| Massachusetts | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | August 21,1814 |
| Died | Paris |
| France | |
| Spouse | Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier |
| Children | Sarah Thompson, Countess Rumford |
| Job | Physicist |
| Inventor | |
| Books | Collected Works of Count Rumford: Practical Applications of Heat |
| Essays political, economical and philosophical | |
| The complete works of Count Rumford. | |
| Philosophical Papers: Being a Collection of Memoirs Dissertations, and Experimental Investigations, Relating to Various Branches of Natural Philosophy and Mechanics: | |
| Rumford Fireplaces and how They are Made | |
| Collected Works of Count Rumford: Devices and techniques | |
| Complete Works. Published by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | |
| Known for | Thermodynamics |
| Parents | Ruth Simonds |
| Benjamin Thompson | |
| Awards | Copley Medal |
| Rumford Medal | |
| Education | Harvard College |
| Nationality | American |
| British | |
| German | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 619144 |
Benjamin Thompson Life story
Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, FRS was a British physicist, born in Colonial Massachusetts, and inventor whose challenges to established physical theory were part of the 19th-century revolution in thermodynamics.
