James Clerk Maxwell
by Meredith Lona
Background
He was very intellectual at a young age; In his adolescence years he had one of his geometry papers presented at the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
At age 16, he enrolled at the University Of Edinburgh studying optics and color research.
After studying there for three years, he then proceeded to Cambridge University's Trinity College where he graduated in 1854.
Hardships
Contributions part 1
Contributions part 2
Contributions part 3
He analysed the phenomenon of colour perception, which led him to invent the trichromatic process.
Using red, green and blue filters, he produced the first colour photography - of a Scottish tartan ribbon. This process was the forerunner of today's modern colour photography
Awards received
1857 Adams Prize
1860 Rumford Medal of Royal Society
1871 Honorary Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge University
1878 Volta Medal, Doctor of Physical Science
Most influential scientist
So much of our technology in the world today comes from his grasp of basic principles of the universe. Wide ranging developments in the field of electricity and electronics, including the radio, television, radar and communications, came from Maxwell's discovery - which was a fundamental change in concept that departed from Newton's view and was to influence greatly the modern scientific and industrial revolution.