See also:

• OLIVER, ISAAC (c. 1566--1617)
• OLIVER, PETER (1594-1648)

OLIVER See also:

• WOLCOTT, ROGER (1679-1767)

WOLCOTT See also:

• GIBBS, JOSIAH WILLARD (1839-1903)
• OLIVER WOLCOTT GIBBS (1822-1908)

GIBBS (1822-1908)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American chemist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York on the 21st of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1822 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• GIBBS, JOSIAH WILLARD (1839-1903)
• GIBBS, OLIVER WOLCOTT (1822-1908)

Gibbs, was an ardent mineralogist; the See also:

• MINERAL

mineral gibbsite was named after him, and his collection was finally bought by Yale See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College . Entering See also:

• COLUMBIA

Columbia College 111 1837, See also:

• WOLCOTT, ROGER (1679-1767)

Wolcott (the See also:

• OLIVER, ISAAC (c. 1566--1617)
• OLIVER, PETER (1594-1648)

Oliver he dropped at an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early date) graduated in 1841, and, having assisted See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• HARE
• HARE, SIR JOHN (1844– )

Hare at See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania University for several months, he next entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, qualifying as a See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor of See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine in 1845 . Leaving See also:

• AMERICA

America he studied in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany with K . F . See also:

• RAMMELSBERG, KARL FRIEDRICH AUGUST (1813-1899)

Rammelsberg, H . See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

Rose and J. von See also:

• LIEBIG, JUSTUS VON, BARON (1803-1873)

Liebig, and in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris with A . See also:

• LAURENT, FRANCOIS (1810–1887)

Laurent, J.B . See also:

• DUMAS, ALEXANDRE
• DUMAS, ALEXANDRE [" DUMAS FILS"] (1824-1895)
• DUMAS, GUILLAUME MATHIEU, COUNT (1753-1837)
• DUMAS, JEAN BAPTISTE ANDRE (1800-1884)

Dumas, and H . V . See also:

• REGNAULT, HENRI (1843-1871)
• REGNAULT, HENRI VICTOR (1810-1878)
• REGNAULT, JEAN BAPTISTE (1754-1829)

Regnault, returning in 1848 . In that See also:

• YEAR

year he became See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry at the See also:

• FREE

Free See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy, now the College of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City of New York, and in 1863 he obtained the See also:

• RUMFORD, BENJAMIN THOMPSON, COUNT (1753-1814)

Rumford professorship in Harvard University, a See also:

• POST

post retained until his retirement in 1887 as professor See also:

• EMERITUS (Lat. from emereri, to serve out one's time, to earn thoroughly)

emeritus .

He died on the 9th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1go8 . Gibbs' researches were mainly in See also:

• ANALYTICAL

analytical and inorganic chemistry, the cobaltammines, See also:

• PLATINUM [symbol Pt, atomic weight 145.0 (0=16)]

platinum metals and complex acids being especially investigated . He was an excellent teacher, and contributed many articles to scientific See also:

• JOURNALS

journals . See the Memorial Lecture by F . W . See also:

• CLARKE, ADAM (1762?—1832)
• CLARKE, CHARLES COWDEN (1787-1877)
• CLARKE, EDWARD DANIEL (1769–1822)
• CLARKE, JAMES FREEMAN (1810–1888)
• CLARKE, JOHN SLEEPER (1833–1899)
• CLARKE, MARCUS ANDREW HISLOP (1846–1881)
• CLARKE, MARY ANNE (c.1776–1852)
• CLARKE, SAMUEL (1675–1729)
• CLARKE, SIR ANDREW (1824-1902)
• CLARKE, SIR EDWARD GEORGE (1841– )
• CLARKE, THOMAS SHIELDS (1866- )
• CLARKE, WILLIAM BRANWHITE (1798-1878)

Clarke in the J.C.S . (1909), p . 1299 .