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born in june 26, 1824 and died in december 17, 1907. he was also called Lord Kelvin He was a British mathematical physicist and engineer. At the University of Glasgow he did important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and createed the first and second Laws of Thermodynamics. Had a career in electric telegraph engineer and inventor. This is what made him famous and was knighted by queen victoria. Dr. James Thomson, is the father of William Thomson and was a teacher of mathematics and engineering. James Thomson married Margaret Gardner in 1817 and, of their children, four boys and two girls survived infancy.His mother died when he was only 6 years old. Thomson had heart problems and almost died when he was 9 years old. he began study at Glasgow University in 1834 at the age of 10, not because he was courious but because he was that smart.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thomson,_1st_Baron_Kelvin

Kelvin argued that the key issue in the interpretation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics was the explanation of irreversible processes. He noted that if entropy always increased, the universe would eventually reach a state of uniform temperature and maximum entropy from which it would not be possible to extract any work. He called this the Heat Death of the Universe. With Rankine he proposed a thermodynamical theory based on the primacy of the energy concept, on which he believed all physics should be based. He said the two laws of thermodynamics expressed the indestructibility and dissipation of energy. He also tried to demonstrate that the equipartition theorem was invalid.

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Kelvin.html