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'''Lord Kelvin''' (1824-1907), who was Scottish with the real name of William Thomson, originally intended to become a [[minister]] of the [[Presbyterian Church]] but decided to become a [[mathematics|mathematician]] and [[physics|physicist]] instead. He helped with the first successful transatlantic communications cable, and the [[absolute temperature scale|absolute scale]] for temperature (where zero is no heat whatsoever) is named after him. | '''Lord Kelvin''' (1824-1907), who was Scottish with the real name of William Thomson, originally intended to become a [[minister]] of the [[Presbyterian Church]] but decided to become a [[mathematics|mathematician]] and [[physics|physicist]] instead. He helped with the first successful transatlantic communications cable, and the [[absolute temperature scale|absolute scale]] for temperature (where zero is no heat whatsoever) is named after him. | ||
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Template:Stub Lord Kelvin (1824-1907), who was Scottish with the real name of William Thomson, originally intended to become a minister of the Presbyterian Church but decided to become a mathematician and physicist instead. He helped with the first successful transatlantic communications cable, and the absolute scale for temperature (where zero is no heat whatsoever) is named after him.