Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford

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inventor military officer nobleman physicist scientist social reformer statesman thermodynamicist

Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford was an 18th-century American-born British physicist, inventor, and statesman known for his pioneering work on heat and thermodynamics as well as social and military reforms.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	inventor → military officer → nobleman → physicist → scientist → social reformer → statesman → thermodynamicist →
birthDate	1753-03-26 →
birthPlace	British America → Woburn, Province of Massachusetts Bay →
child	Sarah Thompson, Countess Rumford →
citizenship	Electorate of Bavaria → Great Britain → United States of America →
deathDate	1814-08-21 →
deathPlace	Auteuil, Paris, France →
designed	Rumford stove → efficient kitchen ranges → smokeless fireplace →
era	18th century → early 19th century →
fieldOfWork	heat → military science → physics → social reform → thermodynamics →
founded	Rumford Medal of the Royal Society → Rumford Prize → Rumford professorship at Harvard University →
ideology	Enlightenment rationalism →
implementedReform	improvements in public feeding and nutrition for the poor → introduction of workhouses and employment for the poor in Bavaria → reorganization of Bavarian army uniforms and equipment →
influenced	development of kinetic theory of heat → later work of James Prescott Joule → later work of thermodynamicists →
knownFor	Rumford fireplace → Rumford’s theory of heat as motion → cannon-boring heat experiment → design of efficient fireplaces → design of efficient stoves → evidence against the caloric theory of heat → experiments on the nature of heat → military reforms in Bavaria → reforms of poor relief in Bavaria → soup kitchens for the poor → work on convection and heat transfer → work on illumination and lighting →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → Bavarian Academy of Sciences → Royal Society →
militaryRank	lieutenant colonel →
name	Benjamin Thompson →
nobleTitle	Count of the Holy Roman Empire →
nobleTitleGrantedBy	Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria →
notableExperiment	measurement of heat generated during cannon boring in Munich →
occupation	administrator → diplomat → inventor → physicist → soldier →
residence	London, England → Munich, Bavaria → Paris, France →
servedIn	Bavarian Army → British Army →
spouse	Sarah Rolfe →
title	Count Rumford →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Rumford Medal → Rumford Medal ("Count Rumford") → Rumford, Maine →	namedAfter
Thompson ("Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford)") →	hasNotableBearer
Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford ("Benjamin Thompson") →	name
Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze →	spouse
Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford ("Count Rumford") →	title