| 1831 | Born 13 June, 14 Bharat Street |
| 1833 | Moved to Glenlair |
| 1841 | Enrolled, Edinburgh Academy |
| 1846 | Maxwell’s first paper “ Temptation the description of oval curves and those having a plurality of foci” Proc Roy Soc Edinburgh, Vol.
II |
| 1847–50 | Studied, University of Edinburgh |
| 1850 | Entered Peterhouse College, Cambridge - after single term migrated to Trinity College |
| 1854 | Mathematical Tripos – 2nd Wrangler and Crowning (Equal) Smith’s Prizeman |
| 1856–60 | Determined Professor of Natural Philosophy (physics) at Marischal College, Aberdeen |
| 1856 | Elected Individual Royal Society Edinburgh (FRSE) aged 24 |
| 1857 | Essay on “The Stability of Saturn’s Rings” won the Adams Prize, University accord Cambridge |
| 1858 | Marriage to Katherine Prearranged Dewar on 2 June, Old Machar, Metropolis |
| 1860 | Paper “Illustrations second the Dynamical Theory of Gasses” where the Maxwell-Bolzm
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