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James Clerk MaxwellThe life of Maxwell1831-1839 Early life1839-1847 Education1847-1850 University of Edinburgh1850-1856 University of Cambridge?1856-1860 Marischal College, Aberdeen1860-1865 Kings College, London1865-1879 Later years1831-1839 Early lifeJames Clerk Maxwell was born on 13 June 1831 in?Edinburgh.?His father was a man of comfortable means?of the Clerk family of?Penicuik?, holders of the?baronetcy?of?Clerk of Penicuik?.?His fathers brother was the?6th Baronet?.James was born ?dignitaries.Maxwell had maintained curious from an early age.1839-1847 Early educationRecognising the potential of the young boy, Maxwells mother Frances took responsibility for Jamess early education.?At eight he could recite long passages of Milton and the whole of the 119th psalm.?His formal schooling began unsuccessfully under the guidance of a sixteen-year-old hired tutor.?1847-1850 University of EdinburghMaxwell began attending classes at the?University of Edinburgh in 1847 at age 16?.At age 18, Maxwell contributed two papers for the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.1850-1856 University of Cambridge?In October 1850, already an accomplished mathematician, Maxwell left Scotland for the?University of Cambridge?.??At Trinity he was elected as the?Cambridge Apostles?.In November 1851, Maxwell studied under?William Hopkins?, whose success in nurturing mathematical genius had earned him the nickname of ?senior wrangler?-maker.In 1854 Maxwell graduated from Trinity with a degree in mathematics.Maxwell was made a fellow of Trinity on 10 October 1855.1856-1860 Marischal College, AberdeenAt 25-year-old,He focused his attention on a problem that had eluded scientists for two hundred years: the nature of?Saturns rings?.??Maxwell devoted two years to studying the problem, proving that a regular solid ring could not be stable, while a fluid ring would be forced by wave action to break up into blobs. In 1857 Maxwell met Katherine Mary Dewar.?They married in Aberdeen on 2 Ju