* 13 June 1831, † 5 November 1879
James Clerk Maxwell was born on 13 June 1831 in Edinburgh, Scotland. James Clerk Maxwell was a Scottish mathematician who did revolutionary work on electricity, magnetism, optics and on the kinetic theory of gases. James Clerk Maxwell died on 5 November 1879 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
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