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James Clerk Maxwell

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q15631401&amp;oldid=2549679200" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fellow of the Royal Society · dated 1861-06-06
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q1074013&amp;oldid=2424748550" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q245247&amp;oldid=2546754300" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">King&#39;s College London · from 1860 · to 1866
Public office: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q5055024&amp;oldid=2424284544" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cavendish Professor of Physics · from 1871 · to 1879
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q160302&amp;oldid=2564550912" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">University of Edinburgh · from 1847 · to 1850
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q285167&amp;oldid=2514028456" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rumford Medal · dated 1860

Wikidata describes James Clerk Maxwell as Scottish physicist (1831–1879).

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