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James Clerk Maxwell
Scottish physicist (1831–1879).
Born June 13th, 1831 in Edinburgh. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1879 at 48 years old in Cambridge (stomach cancer). [ref]
Occupations
inventor, mathematician, photographer, physicist, scientist, teacher, theoretical physicist, thermodynamicist, university teacher
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