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Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford

Sir Benjamin Thompson, [from 1792: Reichsgraf von Rumford]
North-Woburn (Mass., USA) 1753-Auteuil 1814
Anglo-American physicist and inventor
(Wikipedia)

Caspar von Zumbusch
Ferdinand von Miller (München)
1867

München / Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford

Description

Bronze statue.

Inscription(s)

benjamin thompson
graf
von rumford
geboren zu woburn
in massachusetts

errichtet
von maximilian ii
koenig von bayern

Signature

Erfunden u. modelirt v. c. zumbusch / München 1866
Gegossen durch ferd. v. miller / München 1867

Sculptor

Caspar Clemens Eduard Ritter von Zumbusch (Herzebrock Westfalen 1830 - Rimsting 1915), Austrian sculptor of German origin (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Stad-Muenchen.net, München Lexikon.
Wikipedia, Liste Münchner Denkmäler.
Wikipedia, Liste von Denkmälern von Mathematikern, Naturwissenschaftlern, Medizinern und Technikern.

Locatie (N 48°8'17" - E 11°35'9") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: deby015; Photograph: 4 September 2010
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