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James C. Maxwell Biography
Full Name: James Clerk Maxwell
Pet Name: James C. Maxwell
Date of Birth: 13 June 1831
Born Place: Edinburgh, Scotland
Education: University of Edinburgh
University of Cambridge
Marischal College
Edinburgh Academy, King's College London
Date of Died: 5 November 1879 (Aged 48)
Died Place: Cambridge, England
Citizenship: British
Nationality: Scottish
Residence: England
Profession: Scholar, Physicist, Scientist
Fields: Physics And Mathematics
Institutions: Marischal College,
Aberdeen King's College London University of Cambridge
Alma mater: University of Edinburgh,
University of Cambridge
Notable Students: George Chrystal
Academic Advisors: William Hopkins
Invention: Maxwell's Equations
Maxwell Distribution
Maxwell's Demon
Maxwell's Discs
Maxwell Speed Distribution
Maxwell's Theorem
Maxwell Material
Generalized Maxwell Model
Displacement Current
Maxwell Coil
Maxwell's Wheel
Awards: Smith's Prize (1854)
Adams Prize (1857)
Rumford Medal (1860)
Keith Prize (1869–71)
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Alexander Fleming Biography
Full Name: Sir Alexander Fleming Pet Name: Alexander Fleming Date of Birth: 6 August 1881 Born Place: Lochfield, Ayrshire, Scotland Education: University College In London ...
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Alexander Graham Bell Biography
Full Name: Alexander Graham Bell Pet Name: Alexander Graham Bell Date of Birth: March 3, 1847 Born Place: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Education: University College in London, ...
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Charles Babbage Biography
Full Name: Charles Babbage, FRS Pet Name: Charles Babbage Date of Birth: 26 December 1791 Born Place: London, England Date of Died: 18 October 1871 (Aged 79) Died Place: Marylebone, London, England Education: Peterhouse, Cambridge, Trinity College, Cambridge...
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Charles Darwin Biography
Full Name: Charles Robert Darwin Pet Name: Charles Darwin Date of Birth: 12 February 1809 Born Place: The Mount,Shrewsbury, Shropshire, United Kingdom Education: University of Edinburgh, Cambridge Date of Died: 19 April 1882 (Aged 73) Died Place: Down...
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Marie Curie Biography
Full Name: Maria Salomea Skłodowska Pet Name: Marie Curie Date of Birth: 7 November 1867 Born Place: Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland, Then Part of Russian Empire Education: Sorbonne Date of Died: 4 July 1934 (Aged 66) Died Place: Passy, Haute-Savoie, France...
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