Developed the electromagnetic theory, unifying previous unrelated results. Born Edinburgh. Professor of Natural Philosophy at King's College London, 1860 - 65. Died Cambridge. Buried near Castle Douglas in Scotland, near where he had spent much of his life.
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James Maxwell
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James Maxwell - WC2
James Clerk Maxwell FRS King's College London Professor of Natural Philosop...
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René Descartes
Philosopher, mathematician, and writer who spent most of his adult life in the Netherlands.
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Marie Sklodowska-Curie
From LSHTM: "Marie Sklodowska-Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences: physics and chemistr...
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Sir William Reid
A member of the Executive Committee for the Great Exhibition 1851.Born Kinglassie, Fifeshire. Soldier, Fellow of the Royal Society (of Science) and Governor of Bermuda, Barbados & Malta.
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Science, Caribbean Islands, Malta, Scotland
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Sir William Crookes
Chemist, physicist and science journalist. Born 143 Regent Street, presumably in a residential apartment above his father's gentlemen's outfitters shop in the Nash-designed terraces. Worked on spec...
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