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Benjamin Thompson

1753 - 1814

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Benjamin Thompson, comte (de) Rumford, né le 26 mars 1753 à Woburn dans la province de la Baie-du-Massachusetts (Treize Colonies) et mort à Paris le 21 août 1814 durant la Première Restauration, est un physicien et chimiste, sujet britannique connu pour ses importants travaux scientifiques sur la "caminologie" (chauffage par cheminée) et sa théorie mécanique de la chaleur. Colon américain de naissance, mais fidèle au Royaume Britannique en combattant les Insurgés, à la fois comme administrateur et militaire rapidement anobli, ce sujet ambitieux quitte l'Angleterre après le Traité de Paris partant vivre et servir en Bavière où il est à nouveau anobli sous le nom de "comte du Saint-Empire (Reichsgraf) von Rumford". En savoir plus sur Wikipédia

His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2024). Benjamin Thompson is the 252nd most popular physicien (down from 191st in 2024), the 1,075th most popular biography from United States (down from 712th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular American Physicien.

Benjamin Thompson was most famous for his work in the field of thermodynamics. His most notable contribution to the field was his discovery of the heat equation, also known as the first law of thermodynamics.

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Among Physiciens

Among physiciens, Benjamin Thompson ranks 252 out of 851. Before him are Ivar Giaever, Ratko Janev, Anton Zeilinger, Kenneth G. Wilson, C. P. Snow, and Jim Peebles. After him are Leon M. Lederman, John L. Hall, John Archibald Wheeler, Igor Kurchatov, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, and Abdus Salam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1753, Benjamin Thompson ranks 7. Before him are Lazare Carnot, Phillis Wheatley, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Joseph de Maistre, Jean-Baptiste Kléber, and Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla. After him are Marie Joséphine of Savoy, Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans, Utamaro, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Franz Karl Achard, and Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès. Among people deceased in 1814, Benjamin Thompson ranks 6. Before him are Joséphine de Beauharnais, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Marquis de Sade, Maria Carolina of Austria, and Joseph-Ignace Guillotin. After him are Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen, Marie-Louise O'Murphy, Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne, Arthur Phillip, and Louis-Sébastien Mercier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Benjamin Thompson ranks 1,075 out of 20,380. Before him are Wallace Carothers (1896), Victor Fleming (1889), John Browning (1855), Kamehameha I (1758), Kenneth G. Wilson (1936), and Suzi Quatro (1950). After him are Judith Butler (1956), Kevin Kline (1947), Henry Mancini (1924), Tobin Bell (1942), Donald J. Cram (1919), and Roy Cohn (1927).

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Among Physiciens In United States

Among physiciens born in United States, Benjamin Thompson ranks 53. Before him are Michio Kaku (1947), Frederick Reines (1918), Robert Hofstadter (1915), Arthur Ashkin (1922), David Bohm (1992), and Kenneth G. Wilson (1936). After him are Leon M. Lederman (1922), John L. Hall (1934), John Archibald Wheeler (1911), Julian Schwinger (1918), John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (1899), and David J. Wineland (1944).

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