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Statue of James Clerk Maxwell, George Street, Edinburgh. The James Clerk Maxwell Foundation is a registered Scottish charity [1] set up in 1977. By supporting physics and mathematics, it honors one of the greatest physicists, James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879), [2] and while attempting to increase the public awareness and trust of science.
Clerk Maxwell's birthplace at 14 India Street in Edinburgh is now the home of the James Clerk Maxwell Foundation. James Clerk Maxwell was born on 13 June 1831 [ 26 ] at 14 India Street, Edinburgh , to John Clerk Maxwell of Middlebie , an advocate, and Frances Cay, [ 27 ] [ 28 ] daughter of Robert Hodshon Cay and sister of John Cay .
The IEEE/RSE James Clerk Maxwell Medal [1] is an award given by the IEEE and Royal Society of Edinburgh, UK. It is named after James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879), who made fundamental contributions to the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation. The award is presented annually, and was established in 2006.
The James Clerk Maxwell building at the Waterloo campus of King's College London, in commemoration of his time as Professor of Natural Philosophy at King's from 1860 to 1865. The university also has a chair in Physics named after him, and a society for undergraduate physicists. [11] The James Clerk Maxwell Centre of the Edinburgh Academy [12]
The Black Rod officiated at the annual feast of the Order of the Garter at Windsor Castle and Maxwell was given a house there, and in 1629 he was made Keeper of the little park at Windsor. [4] In May 1609 James VI and I wrote to his advocate in Edinburgh Thomas Haddington to favour the lawsuit of Sir Robert Douglas and Maxwell against the Lord ...
Peter Guthrie Tait Road, King's Building, University of Edinburgh. Tait was a lifelong friend of James Clerk Maxwell, and a portrait of Tait by Harrington Mann is held in the James Clerk Maxwell Foundation museum in Edinburgh. [12] There are several portraits of Tait by Sir George Reid.
The pilot of a single-engine air tanker that crashed Thursday near eastern Oregon's 142,000-acre Falls Fire was identified Sunday as James Bailey Maxwell, 74.. On Sunday, the U.S. Forest Service ...
James Maxwell (c.1581 – in or after 1635) was a Scottish scholar, ... In his Edinburgh time he was a follower of John Napier. [4] He then went abroad. [3]