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James Clerk Maxwell
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Shortly afterwards his family moved to their home at Glenlair in Kirkcudbrightshire about 20 km from Dumfries. There he enjoyed a country upbringing and his natural curiosity displayed itself at an early age. In a letter written on 25 April 1834 when 'The Boy' was not yet three years old he is described as follows, see [3]:-
He is a very happy man, and has improved much since the weather got moderate; he has great work with doors, locks, keys etc., and 'Show me how it doos' is never out of his mouth. He also investigates the hidden course of streams and bell-wires, the way the water gets from the pond through the wall and a pend or small bridge and down a drain ...When James was eight years old his mother died. His parents plan that they would educate him at home until he was 13 years old, and that he would then be able to go the Edinburgh University, fell through. A 16 year old boy was hired to act as tutor but the arrangement was not a successful one and it was decided that James should attend the Edinburgh Academy.
James, together with his family, arrived at 31 Heriot Row, the house of Isabe
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James Clerk Maxwell lived from 13 June 1831 to 5 November 1879. He is widely regarded as one of greatest scientists of any era. His work on the theory of electromagnetism makes him the father of modern physics and he also made fundamental contributions to mathematics, astronomy and engineering. In 1931, on the centenary of Maxwell's birthday, Albert Einstein described Maxwell's work as the "most profound and the most fruitful that physics has experienced since the time of Newton."
James Clerk Maxwell was born at 14 India Street, in Edinburgh's, New Town the only child of Edinburgh lawyer John Clerk. He spent much of his early childhood on the family estate, Glenlair near Dumfries. His early education was provided by his deeply religious mother, but after her death when he was eight he went on to Edinburgh Academy. His nickname of "daftie" was earned by wearing home-made shoes on his first day at his new school.
In 1845 the 14 year old Maxwell wrote a paper describing a mechanical means of drawing mathematical curves with a piece of twine. Two years later he went to Edinburgh University, studying natural philosophy, moral philosophy, and mental philosophy. While still an 18 year old student in Edin
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