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Also Known As Sir William Thomson • William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs • Lord Kelvin
Born June 26, 1824 • Belfast • Northern Ireland
Died December 17, 1907 (aged 83) • Scotland
Awards And Honors Copley Medal (1883)
Subjects Of Study Earth • conservation of energy • electromagnetism • energy • heat • laws of thermodynamics

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William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, with a long white beard, poses beside his compass instrument, resting one hand on top, in a black-and-white portrait from 1902.
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