Maxwell scientist biography for children

James Clerk Maxwell born 13 June in Edinburgh — died 5 November was a Scottish mathematician , physicist and discoverer of Maxwell's equations.

Maxwell scientist biography for children: Maxwell's theory of electromagnetic waves established

Maxwell grew up in a rich religious family. In , when he was only 14, he wrote a paper describing a way of drawing mathematical curves with a piece of string. In he started studying mathematics at the University of Edinburgh. He won prizes from the university for his work and was given his degree in From to he did research on colour blindness.

In Maxwell was made a professor of 'Natural Philosophy' which is what science was called then at Marischal College, Aberdeen. He worked there until the two colleges in Aberdeen joined together in and he lost his job. He then became a professor at King's College London. In he was elected to the Royal Society. In , he became the first Cavendish Professor of Physics at Cambridge.

He studied many things, but is known best for his mathematical work on electromagnetism and on the behaviour of gases.