Lecture: Traveling with Count Rumford

A spy a lover a scientist an inventor and a diplomat Benjamin Thompson the American-born Count Rumford of Concord lived a complex and controversial life. Rumford’s time in New Hampshire was brief but meaningful as when he was ennobled by the Holy Roman Emperor in 1792 he chose to be named Rumford after one of the early names for Concord. Join Glen Rodgers emeritus professor at Allegheny College and author of Traveling with the Atom: A Scientific Guide to Europe and Beyond as he recounts Rumford’s scientific economic diplomatic and military accomplishments while following in his footsteps across the United States and Europe. Admission is free for Society members; $7 for nonmembers. No registration required.

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