| 词条 | George Clerk-Maxwell |
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LifeGeorge Clerk was born in Edinburgh on 31 October 1715, the second son of Sir John Clerk, 2nd Baronet of Penicuik, and Janet Inglis, daughter of Sir John Inglis, 2nd Baronet of Cramond. He was educated at the universities of Edinburgh and Leyden. From his father he received in patrimony the lands of Drumcrieff in Annandale, and by marriage with his cousin Dorothea Clerk-Maxwell, daughter of his uncle William by Agnes Maxwell, heiress of Middlebie, Dumfriesshire, he obtained the lands of Middlebie, adopting thereupon his wife's name, Clerk Maxwell. He was a commissioner of the customs, king's remembrancer in the exchequer, and one of the trustees for improving fisheries and manufactures in Scotland. Both in his private and public capacity he promoted the agricultural and commercial interests of the country. At Dumfries he erected at considerable expense a linen manufactory, and he set on foot a variety of projects for the mining of lead and copper in the county. In 1755 he addressed two letters to the trustees for the improvement of the fisheries and manufactures of Scotland, regarding the common mode of treating wool, which were published by direction of the board in 1756. He was also the author of a paper on shallow ploughing, read before the members of the Philosophical Society, and published in the third volume of their essays. He was a remarkably clever draughtsman, and etched a variety of views of Scotland. On the death of his elder brother in 1782, he succeeded to the baronetcy and estates of Penicuik. In 1783 he was one of the joint founders of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[2] He died 29 January 1784. George's father, his brother John and himself were friends of James Hutton. FamilyHe married Dorothea Clerk Maxwell of Middlebie. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son John Clerk-Maxwell. He had four other sons and four daughters. He was the great-grandfather of the famous physicist James Clerk Maxwell. References1. ^{{cite book |last1 = Waterston |first1 = Charles D |last2 = Macmillan Shearer |first2 = A |title = Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002: Biographical Index |url = http://www.rse.org.uk/fellowship/fells_indexp2.pdf |accessdate = 17 November 2011 |volume = II |date = July 2006 |publisher = The Royal Society of Edinburgh |location = Edinburgh |isbn = 978-0-902198-84-5 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20061004113303/http://www.rse.org.uk/fellowship/fells_indexp2.pdf |archivedate = 4 October 2006 |df = dmy-all}} {{Cite DNB|wstitle=Clerk-Maxwell, George}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2012}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Clerk-Maxwell, George}}2. ^{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}} 15 : People from Penicuik|1715 births|1784 deaths|Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia|Members of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh|Founder Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|Scottish knights|Scottish landowners|Alumni of the University of Edinburgh|Leiden University alumni|Scottish chief executives|Tax collectors|Scottish politicians|People of the Industrial Revolution|Scottish businesspeople |
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