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OCR: 1831 On June 13 Maxwell is born an only child in Edin burgh. Scotland. His father lawyer The family soon moves out Edinburgh to an inheri ited estate 1846 lonly 15 Maxwell publishes his first scientific paper, On the Description of Oval Curves. 1847 Enters Edinburgh University where he studies for three years. 1850 Studies mathematics at Trinity College Cambridge University, England. 1855 Writes a paper On Faraday's Lines of fForce This looks at lines of force it electricity and magnetism, developing the ideas of the English scientist Michael Faraday (1791 1867). 1858 Marries Katherine Dewar 1860 Takes post at King' College London University, where he the first scientist to apply mat hematical laws of proba ability the properties of group of molecules. also wri tes a paper on the rings of ...