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  Glenlair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Glenlair House, near the village of Corsock in the Scottish Council area of Dumfries and Galloway, most famous for having been the home of 19th century physicist James Clerk Maxwell.
GLENLAIR is the Home Farm of the original estate of Middlebie and is now a 120 acre (52 ha) farm of which 80 acres is under grassland, the remaining 40 or so acres in amenity and semi-natural woodland, which provides shelter from almost all directions.
Two water courses, the larger River URR and its tributary the Glenlair Burn, occur on the farm forming valuable wildlife corridors.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Glenlair   (212 words)

  
 Yet another Galloway Secret
The house of Glenlair was built by his father John, and is situated about seven miles north of Castle Douglas near the village of Corsock.
He retreated to his beloved Glenlair but his unemployment didn’t last long and by the end of the year he was appointed Professor of Physics and Astronomy at King’s College, London.
It was during a visit to Cambridge from Glenlair that Maxwell died on 5 November 1879.
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 James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk Maxwell was born in Edinburgh, and his family moved to Glenlair in Kirkcudbrightshire, near Dumfries, when he was just over two years old.
Glenlair, on the west bank of the river Urr, was all that remained of an historic Maxwell property, the estate of Middlebie.
At Glenlair, young James Clerk Maxwell enjoyed a country upbringing within an established and respected family.
www.clanmaxwellusa.com /clerkmax.htm   (1140 words)

  
 Maxwell's House
Their son James Clerk Maxwell was born in the house at 14 India Street and he would eventually inherit the house on the death of his father, retaining the house throughout his life.
You can see a picture of Glenlair as it was when Maxwell finally left it in 1884.
It was decided that James should attend the Edinburgh Academy and in November 1841 the family travelled from Glenlair, stopping a few days at his uncles house in Penicuik, and at other relations at Newton, before reaching Isabella Wedderburn's house at 31 Heriot Row on 18 November.
www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/HistTopics/Maxwell_House.html   (3549 words)

  
 Sonnet Software- Summary of the J.C. Maxwell Bio
One evening at Glenlair, just as the maid-servant was coming in with the tea-tray, Jamsie blew out the light in the narrow passage, and lay down across the doorway.
In September 1860 he had an attack of smallpox at Glenlair, which he was supposed to have caught at the fair, where "Charlie" [their horse] was bought.
The years which followed the resignation of his post at King's College were spent, for the most part, at Glenlair, the house being at this time enlarged in general accordance with his father's plan.
www.sonnetusa.com /bio/summary.asp   (4807 words)

  
 Untitled Document
James Clerk Maxwell was born at 14 India Street in Edinburgh, a house built by his parents in the 1820s, but shortly afterwards his family moved to their home at Glenlair in Kirkcudbrightshire about 20 km from Dumfries.
Maxwell travelled to Edinburgh for the Easter vacation of 1856 to be with his father and the two went together to Glenlair.
Most of this work was done by Maxwell at Glenlair during the period between holding his London post and his taking up the Cavendish chair.
freespace.virgin.net /p.thompson/history/jamesclerkmaxwell.html   (2336 words)

  
 James Clerk Maxwell and the Christian Proposition
The tutor was dismissed and in November 1841 Maxwell was sent to the Edinburgh Academy, lodging with his father's widowed sister Mrs Wedderburn, at 31 Heriot Row.
The time at Glenlair enabled Maxwell to put in order and publish his electrodynamic theories in their most comprehensive form.
Probably his Glenlair experience was an ideal background for this task.
silas.psfc.mit.edu /Maxwell/maxwell.html   (5814 words)

  
 Glenkens Gazette
He came to Glenlair when he was little more than two years old.
At that time Glenlair was in the parish of Parton.
Glenlair continued to be his home until he died at Cambridge on 5 November 1879 and was buried in the ruins at the old kirk at Parton.
www.glenkensgazette.com /issue23_page4.htm   (608 words)

  
 MandyH
James Maxwell was born on June 13, 1831 at 14 India Street in Edenburgh, a house his parents in the 1820s.
Maxwell enjoyed his country upbringing and was described as a very smart and curious young man. When James was eight his mother died and plans for his future changed.
He returned with his wife, who was also ill, to Glenlair for the summer.
www.qerhs.k12.nf.ca /projects/physics/maxwell.html   (621 words)

  
 James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Shortly after James birth the family moved into the Glenlair country house on the Middlebie estate.
During this period Maxwell set out to enlarge his house.  In 1870 the Duke of Devonshire was the chancellor of Cambridge and indicated his desire to build a physical laboratory for the university.
In spring of 1879 James became ill on several occasions and as a result he was forced to return to Glenlair to nurse back his health.
www.u.arizona.edu /~eli   (1378 words)

  
 IEEEVM: James Clerk Maxwell
Maxwell’s mother died when he was only 8 years old leaving his father to raise him on the family estate of Glenlair, in rural Scotland.
Maxwell’s father hired a tutor to educate the boy, but the relationship between teacher and pupil was tense and difficult and marked by harsh treatment.
It wasn’t until a few others such as English physicist Oliver Heaviside took a look at the equations more than a decade later that their importance began to be recognized.
www.ieee-virtual-museum.org /collection/people.php?id=1234736&lid=1   (708 words)

  
 Visitor attractions and activities in Dumfries and Galloway, South West Scotland. UK.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Maxwell's early education was given by his Christian mother and included studying the Bible.
He is buried in the churchyard at the village of Parton (Dumfries and Galloway).
GLENLAIR HOUSE, near CORSOCK in Dumfries & Galloway, is famous as the home of the eminent scientist, for further information, www.glenlair.org.uk/
www.visitsouthwestscotland.com /attractioninfo.asp?attractID=79   (245 words)

  
 In Search of Maxwell  |  July 1, 2006  |  Microwave Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Maxwell connection: Henrietta Ferguson, the wife of the present owner of Glenlair, spent her Christmas holiday preparing meals for the first responders.
Today, Glenlair House itself is in a sorry state, as shown in Figure 9.
His final resting place is near Glenlair in the ruins of a very small church built in the 1500s, around the time of Mary Queen of Scots (with whom Maxwell’s ancestors had significant interaction) (see Figure 11).
www.mwjournal.com /Journal/article.asp?HH_ID=AR_1141   (2674 words)

  
 Steve Weller's links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
It was at Glenlair that Maxwell wrote his classic A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, containing the four partial differential equations of electromagnetics which now bear his name.
Sadly, Glenlair was destroyed by fire in 1929.
While the servants quarters are currently inhabited, there are no plans to restore the original building, which is in a derelict state, nor to make the site open to the public.
murray.newcastle.edu.au /users/staff/steve/links.html   (347 words)

  
 James Clerk Maxwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Most of his early childhood was spent at the family estate Glenlair near Dumfries.
In 1865, Maxwell moved to the estate he inherited from his father in Glenlair, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.
Physical space as a quaternion structure - I. Glenlair Today
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell   (2186 words)

  
 Hotels in Dumfries and Galloway - stunning seaside location
He was born in Edinburgh in 1831 but he moved to the family home, Glenlair, near the village of Corsock in Galloway, at the age of two.
For the morning talk and the trips to Parton and Glenlair, the cost is £15.00 per person (Buffet lunch included).
The number of places for dining is limited and attendance at the dinner and for those wishing to stay overnight in the hotel will be on a first come first served basis.
www.baronscraighotel.co.uk /news_detail.asp?newsID=19   (747 words)

  
 RPO -- Selected Poetry of James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)
James Clerk Maxwell was born on Nov. 13, 1831, at 14 India St., Edinburgh, to John Clerk Maxwell and Frances Cay.
The family home to which he would at last retire was at Glenlair, but after his mother's death young James was sent to Edinburgh for schooling at the Edinburgh Academy, from 1840 to 1847.
He retired to Glenlair from 1866 to 1870 after suffering from erysipelas, but returned to academe on March 8, 1871, when he assumed the Chair of Experimental Physics at the University of Cambridge.
rpo.library.utoronto.ca /poet/400.html   (540 words)

  
 Jack Onofrio Dog Shows - Show Results   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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 Kernow Border Terriers
I contacted an old friend that had been in Borders for many years and she suggested that we attend the BT National specialty.
As fate would have it we brought home a 9 month old puppy that became the breed’s Group and Best in Show titleholder, Glenlair’s American Beauty.
In 25 months of being shown as a champion, Beauty set the breed record for Terrier Group and all breed Best in Show’s wins.
www.breeders.net /breeder/133875   (387 words)

  
 Flower Delivery Glenlair | Florists Glenlair | Send Flowers Glenlair | Online Flower Shop
You can send a full range of premium quality flower bouquets to be delivered to Glenlair.
Serenata Flowers is one of the leading Florists in the UK and delivers flowers daily to Glenlair.
You can rest assure that your flower order to Glenlair is treated with the utmost care by our professional florists.
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 Glenlair jobs recruitment agencies vacancies careers employers UK
Glenlair jobs recruitment agencies vacancies careers employers UK Glenlair Jobs : local guide to recruitment agencies and vacancies in Glenlair.
Features information on Glenlair careers, local employers and CV service providers in Glenlair, Dumfries and Galloway.
Our client; a leading Debt Collection Agency is looking for experienced Telephone negotiators to recover a varied portfolio of outsourced debt.
www.accjobs.com /town/Glenlair/5398/jobs.htm   (267 words)

  
 Fire-Pepper Web Design
Glenlair.org.uk is a charitable Trust that has been established to conserve and preserve for the benefit of the public, Glenlair House, the family home of James Clerk Maxwell the eminent scientist.
The website has been designed in conjunction with the owner of Glenlair house.
John Milne is a major auction house in the North East of Scotland, founded the firm in 1867.
www.fire-pepper.co.uk /portfolio.asp   (212 words)

  
 Pubs Golf Courses Driving Ranges Glenlair Slimming Clubs Glenlair
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 Specialty 2002 Results
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