4 ▁July ▁ 1 7 9 3 ▁– ▁ 3 1 ▁May ▁ 1 8 4 1 ) ▁was ▁a ▁British ▁mathematical ▁phys ic ist ▁who ▁wrote ▁An ▁Ess ay ▁on ▁the ▁Application ▁of ▁Mathemat ical ▁Analysis ▁to ▁the ▁The ories ▁of ▁Electric ity ▁and ▁Mag net ism ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 8 . ▁The ▁ess ay ▁introduced ▁several ▁important ▁concepts , ▁among ▁them ▁a ▁theorem ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁modern ▁Green ' s ▁theorem , ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁potential ▁functions ▁as ▁currently ▁used ▁in ▁physics , ▁and ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁what ▁are ▁now ▁called ▁Green ' s ▁functions . ▁Green ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁person ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁mathematical ▁theory ▁of ▁electric ity ▁and ▁magnet ism ▁and ▁his ▁theory ▁formed ▁the ▁foundation ▁for ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁other ▁scient ists ▁such ▁as ▁James ▁C ler k ▁Max well , ▁William ▁Thom son , ▁and ▁others . ▁His ▁work ▁on ▁potential ▁theory ▁ran ▁parallel ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁Carl ▁Friedrich ▁G auss . ▁ ▁Green ' s ▁life ▁story ▁is ▁remarkable ▁in ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁almost ▁entirely ▁self - t aught . ▁He ▁received ▁only ▁about ▁one ▁year ▁of ▁formal ▁school ing ▁as ▁a ▁child , ▁between ▁the ▁ages ▁of ▁ 8 ▁and ▁ 9 . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁▁ ▁Green ▁was ▁born ▁and ▁lived ▁for ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁life ▁in ▁the ▁English ▁town ▁of ▁S ne inton , ▁Not ting ham shire , ▁now ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Not ting ham . ▁His ▁father , ▁also ▁named ▁George , ▁was ▁a ▁b aker ▁who