Benjamin Thompson blue plaque

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# Benjamin Thompson at 168 Brompton Road Standing at this elegant Knightsbridge address, you're stepping into the world of one of the 18th century's most restless polymaths, who made this his London base during his most prolific years of scientific work. It was here, amid the fashionable surroundin...

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168 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, Kensington and Chelsea, SW3

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Sir Benjamin Thompson Count Rumford 1753-1814 inventor and adventurer lived here