James clerk maxwell biography cortados

James Clerk Maxwell  (Mathematician & Physicist)  1831-1879

James Clerk Maxwell was born on the 13^th June, 1831, in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was the only child of John Clerk Maxwell of Middlebie and his wife Frances Cay.

When he was two the family moved to their country home of Glenlair in Kirkcudbrightshire.

James was private educated for a while, and it was claimed by his tutor that he was a slow learner.

James clerk maxwell biography cortados

Though as a young child he was very curious and a story that his mother recalled was of his persistent interest in the doorbell wire and where it led. He also possessed a fantastic memory. In 1841 he started school at the Edinburgh Academy, where fellow pupils nicknamed him 'daftie.' At the age of 15 he sent his first paper to the Royal Society in Edinburgh.

The paper on The Description of Oval Curves described curves which could be constructed with drawing pins and thread in a similar manner to that of ellipses.

James continued his education on entering the U