Biography of William Kingdon Clifford 1845-1879
William Kingdon Clifford 1845-1879 is in Mathematicians.
In Jul 1844 [his father] William Clifford (age 23) and [his step-mother] Frances Kingdon (age 24) were married.
On 04 May 1845 William Kingdon Clifford was born to William Clifford (age 24) at Exeter, Devon [Map] and Frances Kingdon (age 25).
In 1870, William Kingdon Clifford (age 25) was part of an expedition to Italy to observe the solar eclipse of 22 December 1870. During that voyage he survived a shipwreck along the Sicilian coast.
In 1874 William Kingdon Clifford (age 28) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
On 07 Apr 1875 William Kingdon Clifford (age 29) and Lucy Lane (age 28) were married. They had two children.
In 1876 William Kingdon Clifford (age 30) published "On the Space-Theory of Matter".
In 1878 William Kingdon Clifford (age 32) published "Elements of Dynamic: An Introduction to the Study of Motion And Rest In Solid And Fluid Bodies" in three books: 1. Translations, 2. Translations and 3. Translations.
1878. John Collier (age 27). Portrait of William Kingdon Clifford (age 32).
In 1878 [his father] William Clifford (age 57) died.
On 03 Mar 1879 William Kingdon Clifford (age 33) died at Madeira to which he had travelled for his health. He was buried at Highgate Cemetery.
1899. John Collier (age 48). Portrait of William Kingdon Clifford. The date is either wrong, or the painting posthumous?
On 21 Apr 1929 [his former wife] Lucy Lane (age 82) died.