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