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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.
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
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
Una serie de malas inversiones en minas y fábricas le obligó a vender parte de sus propiedades en Middlebie y lo que quedó las heredó su nieto John, que retuvo el apellido Maxwell. Su hermano mayor, George, heredó Penicuik y el título de baronet.
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.
James Clerk Maxwell was born on 13 June 1831 at 14 India Street, Edinburgh, to John Clerk Maxwell of Middlebie, an advocate, and Frances Cay, daughter of Robert Hodshon Cay and sister of John Cay. (His birthplace now houses a museum operated by the James Clerk Maxwell Foundation.)
Bio/Description. A Scottish physicist and mathematician, he was born in Edinburgh, to John Clerk and Frances Cay.
