James Clerk Maxwell
Born Nov. 13, 1831, in Edinburgh, Scotland
- the year that Samuel F.B. Morse first conceived the telegraph
Died Nov. 5, 1879, in Cambridge England
- the year that Thomas Edison was doing his first early work to invent the light bulb.
- Life
- Child of wealthy family
- Attended Edinburgh Academy, Edinburgh University and Cambridge University
- Wrote first paper at age of 14
- Cavendish Professor 1871-1879
- Great physicist
- Revolutionary work in electromagnetism and theory of gases.
- Wrote the final chapter of classical physics