The History Club Presents: Count Rumford, a Historic Overview

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Lifelong Learning, Lectures

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Adults
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Benjamin Thompson was born a poor colonial Massachusetts farm boy.  He had a remarkable life which included being a Loyalist spy and soldier, an important scientist and inventor, the head of the Bavarian Army, and the co-founder of the Royal Institution.  He also became a count of the Holy Roman Empire. Please join History Club speaker Howard Cohen for an overview of Count Rumford's life and accomplishments.