Author: Brown, G.I., introduction by Susan Greenfield,
Title: Count Rumford: the extraordinary life of a scientic genius.
Description: Gloucestershire, England, Sutton Pub., (1999). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ clipped, owner name. President Roosevelt rated Count Rumford, along with Benjammin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, as the greatest mind America has. produced and through his inventions, philanthroy, and the foundation of the Royal Institution Rumford brought more benefit to mankind than most men of his age. What is the real story of Rumford? A philanthropist and scientist or a hypocrite and philanderer whose spying activities were the public face of a man who would do anything to ensure his own success? Fascintated by science since boyhood, the Rumford warmed thousands of homes. He felt the lot of the poor should be bettered and set up a workhouse for beggars, originated soup kitchens, and most famously made benevolence fashionable through the establishment of the Royal Institution. A perplexing and complex man he is now rescued by Brown from unjustified neglect.

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