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University of Cambridge, 1850–1856 A young Maxwell at Trinity College, Cambridge, holding one of his colour wheels. In October 1850, already an accomplished mathematician, Maxwell left Scotland for the University of Cambridge.
Famous figures associated with Trinity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries include James Clerk Maxwell, author of the theory of electromagnetism; J.J. Thomson and Ernest Rutherford, two of the pioneers of atomic physics; the historian G.M. Trevelyan; philosophers Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein; Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime ...
15 de jun. de 2015 · Tras estudiar tres cursos de una carrera de cuatro, dejó Edimburgo para marchar a la Universidad de Cambridge, el centro más influyente de la Física en aquella época. En Cambridge Maxwell fue admitido en el Trinity College, uno de los más prestigiosos.
Cuatro años más tarde se graduó en esta universidad, pero el deterioro de la salud de su padre le obligó a regresar a Escocia y renunciar a una plaza en el prestigioso Trinity College de Cambridge. En 1856, poco después de la muerte de su padre, fue nombrado profesor de filosofía natural en el Marischal College de Aberdeen.
1 de ene. de 2016 · In October 1950, Maxwell moved to the University of Cambridge’s Trinity College where he graduated in 1854 with a degree in mathematics. He stayed at the Trinity College after graduation until 1856 when he accepted the position of professor of natural philosophy at Marischal College in Aberdeen .
- Renzo Shamey
- rshamey@ncsu.edu
Arguably the most influential nineteenth-century scientist for twentieth-century physics, James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) demonstrated that electricity, magnetism and light are all manifestations of the same phenomenon: the electromagnetic field.
In 1847 Maxwell went on to study at the University of Edinburgh, where two more of his papers were presented to the Royal Society. In 1850, he went on to study mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated as Second Wrangler in 1854.
