Born 175 years ago, James Clerk Maxwell carried out the first profound unification of nature’s forces. ... With it, he and his wife carried out detailed measurements of the variations of colour ...

The memory of James Clerk Maxwell 1831-1879. Buried elsewhere. He was born in Edinburgh on 13th June 1831, son of John and his wife Frances (Cay). His father was a brother of Sir George Clerk and John ...