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James Clerk Maxwell
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 145 years ago |
Date of birth | June 13,1831 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Edinburgh |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | November 5,1879 |
Died | Cambridge |
United Kingdom | |
Spouse | Katherine Clerk Maxwell |
Education | University of Cambridge |
Awards | Rumford Medal |
Parents | John Clerk Maxwell of Middlebie |
Frances Cay | |
Field | Physics and mathematics |
Books | Electromagnetic Theory |
Influencees | Ludwig Boltzmann |
Albert Einstein | |
Heinrich Hertz | |
Place of burial | Parton Church, The Church of Scotland, Parton, United Kingdom |
Influence | Michael Faraday |
Isaac Newton | |
André-Marie Ampère | |
Thomas Young | |
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ID | 410614 |
James Clerk Maxwell Life story
James Clerk Maxwell FRSE FRS was a Scottish physicist with broad interests and scientist 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.