Home›Sources›William Thomson, Baron Kelvin (Britannica)SourcesWilliam Thomson, Baron Kelvin (Britannica)BritannicaCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextScience Atlas. "William Thomson, Baron Kelvin (Britannica)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://science.interactiveatlas.org/sources/source-britannica-william-thomson-kelvin.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextScience Atlas. (n.d.). William Thomson, Baron Kelvin (Britannica). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://science.interactiveatlas.org/sources/source-britannica-william-thomson-kelvinCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{scienceatlas-william-thomson-baron-kelvin-britannica, author = {Science Atlas}, title = {William Thomson, Baron Kelvin (Britannica)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://science.interactiveatlas.org/sources/source-britannica-william-thomson-kelvin}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationVerifiedEncyclopaedia Britannica biography of William Thomson, Baron Kelvin, the physicist the kelvin temperature unit is named for.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (19 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsPublisherWell-attestedEncyclopaedia BritannicaURLWell-attestedhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Thomson-Baron-KelvinSource TypeWell-attestedencyclopediaReliability TierWell-attested1General encyclopedia with editorial review; standard tertiary reference.SourcesWilliam Thomson, Baron Kelvin (Britannica)tier 1Encyclopaedia BritannicaView the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (19 claims)This source backs 19 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 5 holds, 2 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicScientists, 8 claims: 2 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.Institutions, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds.Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.Concepts, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.Units, 1 claims: 1 connected.Well-attested11ConceptsAbsolute Temperature ScaleInstitutionsUniversity of GlasgowScientistsWilliam Thomson, Lord KelvinSourcesWilliam Thomson, Baron Kelvin (Britannica)Holds5InstitutionsUniversity of GlasgowScientistsWilliam Thomson, Lord KelvinConnected2ScientistsWilliam Thomson, Lord KelvinUnitsKelvinGeneral References1ScientistsWilliam Thomson, Lord KelvinComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year