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James Clerk Maxwell
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He studied at Cambridge University
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Maxwell graduated from Trinity
In 1854, Maxwell graduated from Trinity with a degree in mathematics. He scored second highest in the final examination, coming behind Edward Routh and earning himself the title of Second Wrangler. He was later declared equal with Routh in the more exacting ordeal of the Smith's Prize examination.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell) -
Maxwell married
In 1857 Maxwell befriended the Reverend Daniel Dewar, who was then the Principal of Marischal. Through him Maxwell met Dewar's daughter, Katherine Mary Dewar. They were engaged in February 1858 and married in Aberdeen on 2 June 1858. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell) -
The first color photograph
In June 1860, at the Congress of the British Association in Oxford, Maxwell made a report on their findings in the field of color theory, backed by their experimental demonstrations using the color box. May 17, 1861 at a lecture at the Royal Institution on "The theory of the three primary colors," Maxwell provided another convincing proof of the correctness of his theory - the first color photograph in the world, an idea which came to him as early as 1855.(https://ru.wikipedia.org) -
existence of waves of oscillating electric and magnetic fields
Working on the problem further, Maxwell showed that the equations predict the existence of waves of oscillating electric and magnetic fields that travel through empty space at a speed that could be predicted from simple electrical experiments; using the data available at the time, Maxwell obtained a velocity of 310,740,000 metres per second (1.0195×109 ft/s) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell) -
Maxwell's thermodynamic relations
In 1871 he established Maxwell's thermodynamic relations, which are statements of equality among the second derivatives of the thermodynamic potentials with respect to different thermodynamic variables. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell) -
He constructed a plaster thermodynamic visualisation
In 1874, he constructed a plaster thermodynamic visualisation as a way of exploring phase transitions, based on the American scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs's graphical thermodynamics papers.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell)
