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Benjamin Thompson

1753 - 1814

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本杰明·汤普森爵士，伦福德伯爵，FRS（英語：Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford ，德語：Reichsgraf von Rumford，1753年3月26日—1814年8月21日），英国科学家、发明家、军官、贵族，生于英属美洲。他对于热的本质的研究挑战了当时占主流的热质说，对19世纪热力学的发展有重大意义。 他于美国独立战争中忠于英国王室，在英国陆军中服役，銜至中校，於战后移居伦敦。在那里，其在后勤方面才能受到赏识，晋升上校，于1784年被英王乔治三世进封爵士。 在维基百科上阅读更多

His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2024). Benjamin Thompson is the 252nd most popular 物理学家 (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 物理学家.

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 物理学家

Among 物理学家, 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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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 物理学家 In United States

Among 物理学家 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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