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    1831 Born 13 June, 14 India Street 1833 Moved to Glenlair 1841 Enrolled, Edinburgh Academy 1846 Maxwell’s first paper “ On the description of oval curves and those having a plurality of foci” Proc Roy Soc Edinburgh, Vol. II 1847–50 Studied, University of Edinburgh 1850 Entered Peterhouse College, Cambridge - after one term migrated to Trinity College 1854 Mathematical Tripos – 2nd Wrangler and First (Equal) Smith’s Prizeman 1856–60 Appointed Professor of Natural Philosophy (physics) at Marischal College, Aberdeen 1856 Elected Fellow Royal Society Edinburgh (FRSE) aged 24 1857 Essay on “The Stability of Saturn’s Rings” won the Adams Prize, University of Cambridge 1858 Marriage to Katherine Mary Dewar on 2 June, Old Machar, Aberdeen 1860 Paper “Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gasses” where the Maxwell-Bolzm

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    James Clerk Maxwell

    Scottish physicist and mathematician (1831–1879)

    James Clerk MaxwellFRS FRSE (13 June 1831 – 5 November 1879) was a Scottish physicist and mathematician[1] who was responsible for the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, which was the first theory to describe electricity, magnetism and light as different manifestations of the same phenomenon. Maxwell's equations for electromagnetism achieved the second great unification in physics,[2] where the first one had been realised by Isaac Newton. Maxwell was also key in the creation of statistical mechanics.[3]

    With the publication of "A dynamisk Theory of the Electromagnetic Field" in 1865, Maxwell demonstrated that electric and magnetic fields travel through space as waves moving at the speed of light. He proposed that light fryst vatten an vågformig rörelse in the same medium that fryst vatten the cause of electric and magnetic phenomena.[5] The unification of light and electric

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    James Clerk Maxwell

    James Clerk Maxwell was born at 14 India Street in Edinburgh, a house built by his parents in the 1820s.

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    Shortly afterwards his family moved to their home at Glenlair in Kirkcudbrightshire about 20 km from Dumfries. There he enjoyed a country upbringing and his natural curiosity displayed itself at an early age. In a letter written on 25 April 1834 when 'The Boy' was not yet three years old he is described as follows, see [3]:-
    He is a very happy man, and has improved much since the weather got moderate; he has great work with doors, locks, keys etc., and 'Show me how it doos' is never out of his mouth. He also investigates the hidden course of streams and bell-wires, the way the water gets from the pond through the wall and a pend or small bridge and down a drain ...
    When James was eight years old his mother died. His parents plan that they would educate him at home until he was 13 years old, and that he w
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