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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
St Andrews University Library
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
London Metropolitan 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