48 JAMES CLERK MAXWELL. [CHAP. III. 



classes, however, knew little of him except by report, 

 for the assistant masters were jealous of their inde- 

 pendence. 



Various entries in his Diary testify to the father's 

 deliberate care in placing his son at the Academy. 

 Everything which seemed material to the boy's ad- 

 vantage had no doubt been carefully considered ; but 

 there was one serious omission, arising from Mr. 

 Clerk Maxwell's inveterate disregard of appearances. 

 The boy was taken to school in the same garments in 

 which we have seen him at Glenlair. No dress could 

 be more sensible in itself. A tunic of hodden gray 

 tweed is warmer than a round cloth jacket for winter 

 wear, and the brazen clasps were a better fastening 

 for the square-toed shoes than an adjustment of black 

 tape, which is always coming undone. But round 

 jackets were de rigueur amongst the young gentle- 

 men ; while it must be admitted that they were 



just tribute to the memory of one who, though he had his foibles, was 

 a born educator, and no ordinary man : 



JOHN WILLIAMS, M.A., 



Archdeacon of Cardigan 1835-1858 ; 



Rector of the Edinburgh Academy 1824-1847 ; 



Warden of Llandovery College 1848-1853 ; 



Who, by the geniality of his Character 



And the vigour of his Intellect, 



Won the hearts of his Pupils, 



And gave his life to the study of the Classics in Scotland : 



A Celtic Scholar, 

 An ardent lover of Wales and of the Welsh People, 



After a long absence, 

 He returned to his Native Land 



And devoted his great talents 

 To the instruction of his Countrymen : 



Born 1792; Died 1858. 



He resided at this College 



Between the years 1810 and 1814. 



See also Lockhart's Life of Scott, small edition of 1871, pp. 484, 744, 

 781. 



