Clerk-Maxwell, James, (1831-1879), physicist

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Surname:	Clerk-Maxwell
Forenames:	James
Gender:	Male
Date:	1831-1879
Biography:	ODNB link for Maxwell, James Clerk- (1831-1879), physicist
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P152368 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P5851 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for James Clerk-Maxwell

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1847-79: corresp and papers	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 7655	NRA 24528 Clerk-Maxwell
2	1860-70: notebooks (3 vols)	King's College London: College Archives	KCLCA K/PP71	See Guide to archives and MSS in University of London vol 1 1984
3	1845-79: family corresp and misc papers	Cambridge University: Peterhouse Library		NRA 9500 Peterhouse MSS
4	1846: paper presented to Royal Soc of Edinburgh	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
5	1855-75: corresp with James David Forbes etc	University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums, University Collections and Museums Directorate	msdep7	NRA 13132
6	1857-73: letters (28) to Lord Kelvin	Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department	MS Kelvin	NRA 10032
7	1854-79: letters (24) to Lord Kelvin	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 7342, 7656	NRA 20700 Stokes
8	1855-71: corresp with CJ Monro	The London Archives: City of London	1063	NRA 17730
9	1853-79: letters to Sir George Stokes	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 7342, 7656	NRA 20700 Stokes
10	corresp with PG Tait	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives		NRA 22341 Clerk-Maxwell