"1753Z"^^ . . "1814Z"^^ . . . . . . . "American scientist" . . . "1753-03-26Z"^^ . . . "1814-08-21Z"^^ . "Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, FRS (German: Reichsgraf von Rumford; March 26, 1753 \u2013 August 21, 1814) was an American-born British physicist and inventor whose challenges to established physical theory were part of the 19th century revolution in thermodynamics. He also served as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Loyalist forces in America during the American Revolutionary War."@en . . "Sir Benjamin Thompson"@en . . "Thompson, Benjamin"@en .