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About Benjamin Thompson
Colonel Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, FRS, was an American-born British military officer, scientist and inventor. Born in Woburn, Massachusetts, he supported the Loyalist cause during the American War of Independence, commanding the King's American Dragoons during the conflict. After the war ended in 1783, Thompson moved to London, where he was recognised for his administrative talents and received a knighthood from George III in 1784.
Everything about Benjamin Thompson →- Occupation
- physicist, engineer, dietitian, thermophysicist
- Position held
- professor
- Citizenship
- United States, Kingdom of Great Britain, Electorate of Bavaria
- Born
- March 26, 1753
- Died
- August 21, 1814, August 25, 1814