Person    | Male  Born 13/6/1831  Died 5/11/1879

James Maxwell

Categories: Science

Countries: Scotland

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 - W8

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James Maxwell - WC2

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Sir Francis Beaufort

Sir Francis Beaufort

Admiral and hydrographer (map making for sailors). Developed the Beaufort Scale (for winds) in 1805. Born Co. Meath, Ireland. He kept journals, written in code, and these reveal that, as a widower ...

Person, Armed Forces, Science, Ireland

1 memorial
Dr Alphonse Normandy

Dr Alphonse Normandy

Full name: Dr Alphonse Rene Le Mire de Normandy. Born Rouen, France. He completed a medical course but then devoted himself to chemistry. Came to England in the late 1830s/early 1840s, initially li...

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Francis Cranmer Penrose

Francis Cranmer Penrose

Architect, archaeologist, astronomer and rower.  Born Lincolnshire.  Surveyor to the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral 1852 - 1899.  Died Wimbledon.

Person, Architecture, History, Science, Sport / Games

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John Wesley Judd

John Wesley Judd

Born Portsmouth. Geologist. Educated and taught at the Royal School of Mines. Died at 30 Cumberland Road, Kew.

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1 memorial
Ordnance Survey

Ordnance Survey

Charles Close Society gives the history of OS Maps.

Media, Science

2 memorials