James Clerk Maxwell

**James Clerk Maxwell**
	Scottish physicist (1831–1879)
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Name in native language	James Clerk Maxwell;
Date of birth	13 June 1831 (unspecified calendar); Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
Date of death	5 November 1879 (unspecified calendar); Cambridge (United Kingdom)
Manner of death	natural causes;
Cause of death	stomach cancer;
Place of burial	Westminster Abbey;
Work period (start)	1860;
Work period (end)	1865;
Country of citizenship	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland;
Educated at	University of Edinburgh; Peterhouse; Edinburgh Academy; Trinity College; University of Cambridge;
Doctoral advisor	William Hopkins (University of Cambridge, 1854);
Doctoral student	Horace Lamb (1872); George Chrystal (1875);
Occupation	physicist; mathematician; inventor; photographer; university teacher; theoretical physicist; teacher; thermodynamicist;
Employer	King's College London; University of Aberdeen; University of Cambridge;
Member of	Royal Society; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Royal Society of Edinburgh; Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences; Trinity College (1855);
Field of work	physics; mechanics; mathematics; electromagnetic field; electricity; magnetism; color photography; kinetic theory;
Native language	English;
Father	John Clerk-Maxwell of Middlebie;
Mother	Frances Cay;
Spouse	Katherine Clerk Maxwell (1858 – unknown value);
Relative	Jemima Blackburn (female first cousin);
Work location	Aberdeen (1856); Cambridge (1871);
Notable work	A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field; Maxwell's equations; Maxwell–Boltzmann statistics; Maxwell's demon;
Award received	Fellow of the Royal Society (1861); Rumford Medal (1860); Bakerian Lecture (1866); Keith Medal (1869); Adams Prize (1857); Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh; Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame (2012); Smith's Prize;
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