Inscription
James Clerk Maxwell FRS
King's College London
Professor of Natural Philosophy, 1860 - 65
The Institute of Physics
Site: Kings College (3 memorials)
WC2, Strand
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
James Maxwell - WC2
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James Maxwell
Developed the electromagnetic theory, unifying previous unrelated results. Bo...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
James Maxwell - WC2
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King's College, London
Founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington (then PM). In 1836 Kings...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
James Maxwell - WC2
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Franklin, Gosling, Stokes, Wilson, Wilkins
R. E. Franklin, R. G. Gosling, A. R. Stokes, M. H. F. Wilkins, H. R. Wilson ...
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