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.

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James Clerk Maxwell canonical	74
James Clerk Maxwell (historical)	1
James Clerk Maxwell (student for a short period)	1
James Willard Maxwell	1
Maxwell	1

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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 ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge University of Edinburgh ⓘ
employer	King’s College London ⓘ surface form: King's College London University of Aberdeen ⓘ surface form: Marischal College, Aberdeen Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge
era	19th century ⓘ
familyName	James Clerk Maxwell self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Maxwell
fieldOfWork	electromagnetism ⓘ mathematics ⓘ optics ⓘ physics ⓘ statistical mechanics ⓘ thermodynamics ⓘ
founded	Cavendish Laboratory ⓘ
fullName	James Clerk Maxwell self-link ⓘ
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 statistics ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Albert Einstein → influencedBy → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

Cavendish Laboratory → foundedBy → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

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James Clerk Maxwell → familyName → James Clerk Maxwell self-linksurface differs ⓘ

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Nikola Tesla → influencedBy → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

William Whewell → influenced → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

Maxwell's equations → namedAfter → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

Maxwell's equations → formulatedBy → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

Augustin-Jean Fresnel → influenced → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

Royal Medal → notableRecipient → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

Henry Cavendish → influenced → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

Thomas Young → influenced → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

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Ludwig Boltzmann → influencedBy → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

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Trinity College, Cambridge → notableAlumnus → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

Maxwell stress tensor → namedAfter → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

On Physical Lines of Force → author → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

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Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases → author → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

Peterhouse, Cambridge → hasNotableAlumnus → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

this entity surface form: James Clerk Maxwell (student for a short period)

Copley Medal → notableRecipient → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

Maxwell's demon thought experiment → proposedBy → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism → author → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

Hendrik Lorentz → influencedBy → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

Oliver Heaviside → influencedBy → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

Heinrich Hertz → influencedBy → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

University of Edinburgh → hasNotableAlumnus → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

Michael Faraday → influenced → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

NASA X-57 Maxwell → namedAfter → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

Rumford Medal → notableRecipient → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

Bakerian Medal and Prize → notableRecipient → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

André-Marie Ampère → influenced → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

IEEE James Clerk Maxwell Award → namedAfter → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

Ampère–Maxwell law → namedAfter → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

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King’s College London → hasNotableFaculty → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

this entity surface form: James Clerk Maxwell (historical)

wave theory of light → historicalProponent → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

Hans Christian Ørsted → influenced → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

Lord Kelvin → influenced → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

Meghnad Saha (collaborator and contemporary Indian physicist) → influencedBy → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

subject surface form: Meghnad Saha

statistical physics → associatedWith → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

equipartition theorem → historicallyAttributedTo → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

Proteus → influencedBy → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

subject surface form: Charles Proteus Steinmetz

Josef Stefan → influencedBy → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

Rudolf Clausius → influenced → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

Athenaeum Club → notableMember → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

Katherine Mary Dewar → spouse → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

Philosophical Magazine → notableAuthor → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ

A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field → author → James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ