Contributed by Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society
Description
Benjamin Thompson (1753-1814), Count Rumford, a native of Woburn, Massachusetts, was the son of Benjamin Thompson and Ruth Simonds Thompson, who later married Josiah Pierce II of Woburn.
Thompson was known as a scientist and designer. He helped create the modern idea of energy, designed the Rumford stove, and helped to establish the Royal Institution, the first research center.
A loyalist during the American Revolution, he moved to London after the war and later to Bavaria where he was made a Count of the Holy Roman Empire in 1791.
His mother's son from her second marriage, Josiah Pierce III, along with Loammi Baldwin, a childhood friend of Thompson's, were among the first settlers of Flintstown, later Baldwin, Maine.
About This Item
- Title: Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, ca. 1800
- Creation Date: circa 1800
- Subject Date: circa 1800
- Location: Bavaria, GW
- Media: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 20.3 cm x 17.8 cm x 3.8 cm
- Collection: Pierce family collection
- Object Type: Image
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