According to Wikipedia they were John Clerk Maxwell and Frances Maxwell.
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She died a long time ago, in 1839.
John Clerk died in 1856, when his son (who adopted the name Maxwell when he inherited some land from that family) was age 25.
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James Clerk Maxwell's mother passed away when he was 8. He missed lots of school due to illness. He constantly was moving when he was teaching later in his life.
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