James Clerk Maxwell
1831 - 1879
- Born
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13 June 1831
14 India Street, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Died
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05 November 1879
Cambridge, England
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 06/06/1861
- Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 30
- Occupation
- Physicist
- Relationships
- Parents: John Clerk, who assumed the name Maxwell on inheriting an estate in Kircudbright, and Frances, daughter of Robert Clay of Charlton, Northumberland. Great-grandson: Sir John Clerk (FRS 1729) Uncle: Sir George Clerk (FRS 1819) Cousin: Henry Clerk (FRS 1848) Spouse: Katherine Mary Dewar (1824–1886), daughter of the Principal of Marischal College, Aberdeen (1858).
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- Wikipedia
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Author of
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Paper, 'On the theory of compound colours, and the relations of the colours of the spectrum' by J [James] Clerk Maxwell
Creator: James Clerk Maxwell Reference number: PT/60/4 -
Paper, 'A dynamical theory of the electromagnetic field' by J [James] Clerk Maxwell
Creator: James Clerk Maxwell Reference number: PT/72/7 -
Referee's report by John Tyndall, on a paper 'On the theory of compound colours, and the relations of the colours of the spectrum' by James Clerk Maxwell
Creator: John Tyndall Reference number: RR/4/180 -
Referee's report by John Tyndall, on an appendix of the paper 'On the theory of compound colours, and the relations of the colours of the spectrum' by James Clerk Maxwell
Creator: John Tyndall Reference number: RR/4/181 -
Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'A dynamical theory of the electromagnetic field' by James Clerk Maxwell
Creator: William Thomson Reference number: RR/5/137 -
Referee's report by William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, on the Bakerian Lecture 'On the viscosity or internal friction of air and other gases' by James Clerk Maxwell
Creator: William Thomson Reference number: RR/6/178
Referee of
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Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'On the long spectrum of electric light' by George Gabriel Stokes
Creator: James Clerk Maxwell Reference number: RR/4/263 -
Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'On the strains in the Interior of beams' by George Biddell Airy
Creator: James Clerk Maxwell Reference number: RR/5/6 -
Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'On the nature of the sun’s magnetic action upon the earth' by Charles Chambers
Creator: James Clerk Maxwell Reference number: RR/5/48 -
Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'On the tides of the arctic seas. Part I. On the diurnal tides of Port Leopold, North Somerset' by Samuel Haughton
Creator: James Clerk Maxwell Reference number: RR/5/103 -
Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'On plane water-lines in two dimensions' by William John Macquorn Rankine
Creator: James Clerk Maxwell Reference number: RR/5/216 -
Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'On spectra of electric of light, as modified by the nature of the electrodes and the media of discharge' by Thomas Romney Robinson
Creator: James Clerk Maxwell Reference number: RR/5/218
Recipient of
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Letter from George Carey Foster, on two papers 'On the effect of heat on the chloride, bromide, and iodide of silver' and 'On the effects of heat on some chloro-brom-iodides of silver' by G F Rodwell to James Clerk Maxwell
Creator: George Carey Foster Reference number: RR/7/470