* 24 March 1842, † 29 May 1917
William Davidson Niven was born on 24 March 1842 in Peterhead, Scotland. William Niven was a Scottish mathematician who was a friend of Maxwell and worked on electricity, magnetism and harmonic functions. William Davidson Niven died on 29 May 1917 in Sidcup, Kent, England.
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