William Kingdon Clifford 1845-1879

In July 1844 [his father] William Clifford [aged 23] and [his step-mother] Frances Kingdon [aged 24] were married.

On 4th May 1845 William Kingdon Clifford was born to William Clifford [aged 24] at Exeter, Devon [Map] and [his step-mother] Frances Kingdon [aged 25].

In 1870, William Kingdon Clifford [aged 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 [aged 28] was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.

On 7th April 1875 William Kingdon Clifford [aged 29] and Lucy Lane [aged 28] were married. They had two children.

In 1876 William Kingdon Clifford [aged 30] published "On the Space-Theory of Matter".

In 1878 William Kingdon Clifford [aged 32] published "Elements of Dynamic: An Introduction to the Study of Motion And Rest In Solid And Fluid Bodies".

1878. John Collier [aged 27]. Portrait of William Kingdon Clifford [aged 32].

In 1878 [his father] William Clifford [aged 57] died.

On 3rd March 1879 William Kingdon Clifford [aged 33] died at Madeira to which he had travelled for his health. He was buried at Highgate Cemetery.

On 21st April 1929 [his former wife] Lucy Lane [aged 82] died.