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The public map records this plaque for James Clerk Maxwell. Its recorded inscription reads: James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) Physicist lived here

James Clerk Maxwell was a pioneering physicist whose formulation of electromagnetic theory and foundational work in thermodynamics have had profound impacts on modern physics. He is remembered for unifying electricity, magnetism, and light into a single coherent framework, which laid the groundwork for Einstein's special relativity and quantum mechanics.

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