King's College London, University of Aberdeen, University of Cambridge
Educated at
University of Edinburgh, Peterhouse, Edinburgh Academy, Trinity College, University of Cambridge
Doctoral advisor
William Hopkins
Doctoral student
Horace Lamb, George Chrystal
Student
Arthur Schuster, John Ambrose Fleming, John Henry Poynting, Richard Glazebrook
Work location
Aberdeen, Cambridge
Work period (start)
1860
Work period (end)
1865
Ethnic group
Religion or worldview
Christian socialism
Contributed to creative work
Popular Science
Notable work
A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field, Maxwell's equations, Maxwell–Boltzmann statistics, Maxwell's demon
Member of
Royal Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Trinity College
Influenced by
Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
James Clerk Maxwell[1] sha chasambo yim miyon yaskin bǝ lan kintawu Aji bǝ lan suro sa,a duwu miyon uskun fyakkin tilon bǝ lan (13-jun-1831) suro bula (Edinburgh) bǝ lan