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John Clerk (later Clerk Maxwell) of Middlebie FRSE (1790–1856) was a Scottish advocate and father of the mathematical physicist James Clerk Maxwell. Life [ edit ] He was born in Edinburgh on 10 November 1790, the son of Janet Irving and Captain James Clerk.
24 de ene. de 2008 · John Clerk Maxwell had inherited the residue of the Middlebie estate, approximately 700 ha, in Kirkcudbrightshire, some 7 miles from Castle Douglas. The estate was poor and Maxwell senior built the laird's house, known as Glenlair.
- John S Reid, Charles H.-T Wang, Charles H.-T Wang, J. Michael T Thompson
- 2008
16 de ago. de 2016 · Biographical Summary. Maxwell of Middlebie, John Clerk-. ?-03/04/1856. Ref: 332. Male. Place of interment: Parton, Kirkcudbrightshire. Profession: Advocate.
- Frances Clerk-Maxwell
- April 3, 1856
John did not find the obligation onerous since he cherished the memory of a favorite grandmother, a Maxwell who had married into the Clerk family and who had once lived at Middlebie. The Clerks, incidentally, formed a close friendship with James Hutton, the Scottish physician who revolutionized the approach to geology.
Bio/Description. A Scottish physicist and mathematician, he was born in Edinburgh, to John Clerk and Frances Cay.
24 de dic. de 2016 · Maxwell’s father was John Clerk; Maxwell was added later for inheritance purposes. His mother was Frances Cay. Maxwell was brought up in the Scottish countryside on an estate at Middlebie, Galloway, in a house called Glenlair.
Clerk-Maxwell family of Middlebie. This page summarises records created by this Family. The summary includes a brief description of the collection (s) (usually...
