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James Clerk Maxwell

Maxwell

Scottish physicist (1831–1879).

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Place of Birth

Edinburgh
Country
:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Place of Death

Cambridge
Country
:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Educated At

University of Edinburgh
 (1847 - 1850)
Start Time
: 1847
End Time
: 1850
Peterhouse
 (1850 - 1851)
Start Time
: 1850
End Time
: 1851
Edinburgh Academy
 (1841 - 1847)
Start Time
: 1841
End Time
: 1847
Trinity College
 (1851 - 1854)
Start Time
: 1851
End Time
: 1854
University of Cambridge

Occupation

Physicist
Mathematician
Inventor
Photographer
University Teacher
Theoretical Physicist
Teacher
Thermodynamicist

Place of Burial

Westminster Abbey
Applies to Part
:
Cenotaph
Parton Churchyard
Coordinate Location
: 55.0065°N 4.0387°W

Member Of

Royal Society
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Göttingen Academy of Sciences

Country of Citizenship

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Date of Birth

6/13/1831
Sourcing Circumstances
:
Unspecified Calendar

Date of Death

11/5/1879
Sourcing Circumstances
:
Unspecified Calendar

Sex or Gender

Male

Instance Of

Human

Award Received

Fellow of the Royal Society
 (6/6/1861)
Point in Time
: 6/6/1861
Rumford Medal
 (1860)
Point in Time
: 1860
Royal Society Bakerian Medal
 (1866)
Point in Time
: 1866
Keith Medal
 (1869)
Point in Time
: 1869
Adams Prize
 (1857)
Point in Time
: 1857
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
 (1856)
Point in Time
: 1856
Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame
 (2012)
Point in Time
: 2012
Smith's Prize
 (1854)
Point in Time
: 1854

Cause of Death

Stomach Cancer

Described by Source

17 items
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Section
:Максвелл Джеймс Клерк
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
James Clerk Maxwell
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q21503560
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Maxwell, James Clerk (DNB00)
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
Statement Is Subject Of
:
EB-11 / Maxwell, James Clerk
BEIC Digital Library
Obálky Knih
URL
:bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#Url
Medvik
URL
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Subject Named As
:Maxwell, James Clerk, 1831-1879
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Subject Named As
:Maxwell, James Clerk
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q110991284
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th Edition (1885–1890)
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q112788910
Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Maxwell, James Clerk
The American Cyclopædia
Statement Is Subject Of
:
The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Maxwell, James Clerk
The New Student's Reference Work
Statement Is Subject Of
:
The New Student's Reference Work/Maxwell, James Clerk-
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Vol. 7
Page(s)
:368
Physicists: Biographical Dictionary
Page(s)
:175
Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q131361308

Given Name

James
Series Ordinal
:1

Work Location

Aberdeen
 (1856)
Point in Time
: 1856
Cambridge
 (1871)
Point in Time
: 1871

Manner of Death

Natural Causes

Commons Gallery

James Clerk Maxwell

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Employer

King's College London
 (1860 - 1866)
Start Time
: 1860
End Time
: 1866
University of Aberdeen
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Incorrect Value
University of Cambridge
 (1871 - 1879)
Start Time
: 1871
End Time
: 1879
Marischal College
 (1856 - 1860)
Start Time
: 1856
End Time
: 1860

Doctoral Advisor

William Hopkins
 (1854)
Educated At
:
University of Cambridge
Point in Time
: 1854

Name in Native Language

James Clerk Maxwell

Field of Work

Physics
Mechanics
Mathematics
Electromagnetic Field
Electricity
Magnetism
Color Photography
Kinetic Theory

Student

Arthur Schuster
John Ambrose Fleming
John Henry Poynting
Richard Glazebrook

Religion or Worldview

Christian Socialism

Family Name

Maxwell
Series Ordinal
:2
Clerk Maxwell
Reason for Preferred Rank
:
Best Referenced Value
Clerk
Series Ordinal
:1
Clerk-Maxwell

Ethnic Group

Scottish People
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Source Known to Be Unreliable

Relative

Jemima Blackburn
Kinship to Subject
:
Female First Cousin

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Father

John Clerk-Maxwell of Middlebie

Writing Language

English

Influenced By

Isaac Newton
Michael Faraday

Mother

Frances Cay

Spouse

Katherine Clerk Maxwell
 (6/2/1858 - )
End Time
: unknown value
Start Time
: 6/2/1858
Latest Date
: 1879

Native Language

English

Pronunciation Audio

Notable Work

A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field
Maxwell's Equations
Maxwell–Boltzmann Statistics
Maxwell's Demon

Start of Work Period

1860

End of Work Period

1865
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Incorrect Value

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Position Held

Cavendish Professor of Physics
 (1871 - 1879)
Series Ordinal
:1
Replaced By
:
John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
Start Time
: 1871
End Time
: 1879
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