“Benjamin Thompson” suna ne da ya dace, wanda sunan mutum ne ba kalma a cikin harshen Ingilishi da ma’anar ƙamus ba. Duk da haka, Benjamin Thompson an fi saninsa da Count Rumford, masanin kimiyyar kimiya na Biritaniya, haifaffen Amurka, mai ƙirƙira, kuma majagaba a fagen thermodynamics. Ya ba da gudummawa mai mahimmanci ga nazarin zafi, ciki har da gano na'urar da ke daidai da zafi da gwajin Rumford's Soup Pot. Ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin Kanar a cikin sojojin Birtaniya a lokacin juyin juya halin Amurka, daga baya kuma ya zama 'yan kabilar Bavaria.