James Clerk Maxwell

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human mathematician physicist scientist

James Clerk Maxwell was a 19th-century Scottish physicist best known for formulating the classical theory of electromagnetism, unifying electricity, magnetism, and light into a single framework.

Aliases (3)

James Clerk Maxwell (historical) ×1
James Clerk Maxwell (student for a short period) ×1
Maxwell ×1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → mathematician → physicist → scientist →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts →
birthDate	1831-06-13 →
birthPlace	Edinburgh → Scotland → United Kingdom →
causeOfDeath	abdominal cancer →
countryOfCitizenship	Scotland → United Kingdom →
deathDate	1879-11-05 →
educatedAt	Peterhouse, Cambridge → Trinity College, Cambridge → University of Cambridge → University of Edinburgh →
employer	King's College London → Marischal College, Aberdeen → University of Cambridge →
era	19th century →
familyName	Maxwell →
fieldOfWork	electromagnetism → mathematics → optics → physics → statistical mechanics → thermodynamics →
founded	Cavendish Laboratory →
fullName	James Clerk Maxwell →
givenName	James →
influenced	Albert Einstein → Heinrich Hertz → Hendrik Lorentz → Oliver Heaviside →
influencedBy	Isaac Newton → James David Forbes → Michael Faraday →
knownFor	Maxwell stress tensor → Maxwell's demon thought experiment → Maxwell's equations → Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution → classical theory of electromagnetism → displacement current concept → electromagnetic theory of light → first color photograph → kinetic theory of gases → unification of electricity, magnetism, and light → work on color vision →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	Royal Society → Royal Society of Edinburgh →
nationality	Scottish →
notableWork	A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism → Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases → On Physical Lines of Force →
positionHeld	Cavendish Professor of Physics at University of Cambridge → Professor of Natural Philosophy at King's College London → Professor of Natural Philosophy at Marischal College, Aberdeen →
religion	Christianity →
spouse	Katherine Mary Dewar →

Referenced by (54)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
André-Marie Ampère → Augustin-Jean Fresnel → Hans Christian Ørsted → Henry Cavendish → Lord Kelvin → Michael Faraday → Rudolf Clausius → Thomas Young → William Whewell →	influenced
Albert Einstein → Charles Proteus Steinmetz → Heinrich Hertz → Hendrik Lorentz → Josef Stefan → Ludwig Boltzmann → Meghnad Saha → Nikola Tesla → Oliver Heaviside →	influencedBy
Ampère–Maxwell law → IEEE James Clerk Maxwell Award → Maxwell stress tensor → Maxwell's equations → NASA X-57 Maxwell →	namedAfter
A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field → A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism → Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases → On Physical Lines of Force →	author
Bakerian Medal and Prize → Copley Medal → Royal Medal → Rumford Medal →	notableRecipient
Maxwell–Boltzmann statistics → Physics →	developedBy
Peterhouse, Cambridge ("James Clerk Maxwell (student for a short period)") → University of Edinburgh →	hasNotableAlumnus
statistical physics →	associatedWith
On Physical Lines of Force →	authorName
James Clerk Maxwell ("Maxwell") →	familyName
Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics →	firstHolder
Maxwell's equations →	formulatedBy
Cavendish Laboratory →	foundedBy
James Clerk Maxwell →	fullName
King’s College London ("James Clerk Maxwell (historical)") →	hasNotableFaculty
Matteucci Medal →	hasRecipient
equipartition theorem →	historicallyAttributedTo
wave theory of light →	historicalProponent
Ampère–Maxwell law →	introducedBy
Trinity College, Cambridge →	notableAlumnus
Philosophical Magazine →	notableAuthor
Victorian era →	notableFigure
Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics →	notableHolder
Athenaeum Club →	notableMember
Maxwell's demon thought experiment →	proposedBy
Katherine Mary Dewar →	spouse