1753 - 1814
Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, FRS (German: Reichsgraf von Rumford; March 26, 1753 – August 21, 1814) 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. He served as lieutenant-colonel of the King's American Dragoons, part of the British Loyalist forces, during the American Revolutionary War. After the end of the war he moved to London, where his administrative talents were recognized when he was appointed a full colonel, and in 1784 he received a knighthood from King George III. A prolific designer, Thompson also drew designs for warships. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benjamin Thompson has received more than 408,435 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Thompson is the 166th most popular physicist (down from 146th in 2019), the 709th most popular biography from United States (down from 642nd in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Physicist.
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 physicists, Benjamin Thompson ranks 166 out of 717. Before him are Murray Gell-Mann, Steven Weinberg, Donald A. Glaser, Polykarp Kusch, Laura Bassi, and Georges Charpak. After him are James Rainwater, Syukuro Manabe, Leon Cooper, Robert H. Goddard, Igor Kurchatov, and Martinus J. G. Veltman.
1929 - 2019
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 160
1933 - 2021
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 161
1926 - 2013
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 162
1911 - 1993
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 163
1711 - 1778
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 164
1924 - 2010
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 165
1753 - 1814
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 166
1917 - 1986
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 167
1931 - Present
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 168
1930 - Present
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 169
1882 - 1945
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 170
1903 - 1960
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 171
1931 - 2021
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 172
Among people born in 1753, Benjamin Thompson ranks 6. Before him are Utamaro, Joseph de Maistre, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Lazare Carnot, and Jean-Baptiste Kléber. After him are Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Marie Joséphine of Savoy, Phillis Wheatley, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans, and Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse. Among people deceased in 1814, Benjamin Thompson ranks 6. Before him are Marquis de Sade, Empress Joséphine, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Maria Carolina of Austria, and Joseph-Ignace Guillotin. After him are Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Marie-Louise O'Murphy, Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne, Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, and Matthew Flinders.
1753 - 1806
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 1
1753 - 1821
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 2
1753 - 1815
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 3
1753 - 1823
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 4
1753 - 1800
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 5
1753 - 1814
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 6
1753 - 1811
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 7
1753 - 1810
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 8
1753 - 1784
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 9
1753 - 1805
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 10
1753 - 1821
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 11
1753 - 1830
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 12
1740 - 1814
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 1
1763 - 1814
HPI: 78.09
Rank: 2
1762 - 1814
HPI: 76.97
Rank: 3
1752 - 1814
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1738 - 1814
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1753 - 1814
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1737 - 1814
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 7
1737 - 1814
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 8
1735 - 1814
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 9
1757 - 1814
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 10
1765 - 1814
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 11
1774 - 1814
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Benjamin Thompson ranks 709 out of 18,182. Before him are Robert E. Howard (1906), Matthew C. Perry (1794), Jules Dassin (1911), Charles Taze Russell (1852), Scott Joplin (1868), and Robert Downey Jr. (1965). After him are Edward Adelbert Doisy (1893), Stanley Cohen (1922), Harold Urey (1893), James Rainwater (1917), Wes Craven (1939), and John Goodman (1952).
1906 - 1936
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 703
1794 - 1858
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 704
1911 - 2008
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 705
1852 - 1916
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 706
1868 - 1917
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 707
1965 - Present
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 708
1753 - 1814
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 709
1893 - 1986
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 710
1922 - 2020
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 711
1893 - 1981
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 712
1917 - 1986
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 713
1939 - 2015
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 714
1952 - Present
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 715
Among physicists born in United States, Benjamin Thompson ranks 25. Before him are Val Logsdon Fitch (1923), Hugh Everett III (1930), Michio Kaku (1947), Murray Gell-Mann (1929), Steven Weinberg (1933), and Donald A. Glaser (1926). After him are James Rainwater (1917), Leon Cooper (1930), Robert H. Goddard (1882), Edward Mills Purcell (1912), Arthur Ashkin (1922), and James Cronin (1931).
1923 - 2015
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 19
1930 - 1982
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 20
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 21
1929 - 2019
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 22
1933 - 2021
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 23
1926 - 2013
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 24
1753 - 1814
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 25
1917 - 1986
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 26
1930 - Present
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 27
1882 - 1945
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 28
1912 - 1997
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 29
1922 - 2020
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 30
1931 - 2016
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 31