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Benjamin Thompson
Count Rumford

His work for the army was rewarded by being made Count Rumford.

Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford) was a loyalist who fled to London when the war began.

For this paper he was awarded Count Rumford's gold medal.

The earliest modern soup kitchen may have been established in Germany by Count Rumford in 1790.

The earliest known modern advocate for school dinners was Count Rumford, who oversaw a program to feed and educate children in late 18th-century Germany.

His middle name recalled the early and continued friendship which existed between his father and Count Rumford.

In its museum are reconstructed models of Count Rumford's scientific experiments and inventions.

A copy of a portrait of Count Rumford by Gainsborough is on display.

Rumford fireplaces were common from 1796, when Count Rumford first wrote about them, until about 1850.

The earliest known modern advocate for school dinners was Count Rumford in the late 18th century.