Josiah Willard Gibbs
1839 to 1903
18 documented presences
14 places
Quo Fuit places 18 dated presences for Josiah Willard Gibbs across 14 places, from 1824 to 1903. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Josiah Willard Gibbs (February 11, 1839 – April 28, 1903) was an American mechanical engineer and scientist who made fundamental theoretical contributions to physics, chemistry, and mathematics.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Josiah Willard Gibbs was documented, and when
1824 to 1861period
Yale Divinity Schoolattested
“Josiah Gibbs was a linguist and theologian who served as professor of sacred literature at Yale Divinity School from 1824 until his death in 1861.”
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1840year
University of Berlinattested
“To establish priority of Grassmann's ideas, Gibbs convinced Grassmann's heirs to seek the publication in Germany of the essay "Theorie der Ebbe und Flut" on tides that Grassmann had submitted in 1840 to the faculty at the University of B…”
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1840year
Germanyattested
“To establish priority of Grassmann's ideas, Gibbs convinced Grassmann's heirs to seek the publication in Germany of the essay "Theorie der Ebbe und Flut" on tides that Grassmann had submitted in 1840 to the faculty at the University of B…”
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1866year
Parisattested
“They spent the winter of 1866–67 in Paris, where Gibbs attended lectures at the Sorbonne and the , given by such distinguished mathematical scientists as Joseph Liouville and Michel Chasles.”
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1866 to 1869period
Adirondack Mountainsattested
“Except for his customary summer vacations in the Adirondacks (at Keene Valley, New York) and later at the White Mountains (in Intervale, New Hampshire), his sojourn in Europe in 1866–1869 was almost the only time that Gibbs spent outside…”
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1866 to 1869period
Keene Valley, New Yorkattested
“Except for his customary summer vacations in the Adirondacks (at Keene Valley, New York) and later at the White Mountains (in Intervale, New Hampshire), his sojourn in Europe in 1866–1869 was almost the only time that Gibbs spent outside…”
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1866 to 1869period
White Mountains (New Hampshire)attested
“Except for his customary summer vacations in the Adirondacks (at Keene Valley, New York) and later at the White Mountains (in Intervale, New Hampshire), his sojourn in Europe in 1866–1869 was almost the only time that Gibbs spent outside…”
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1866 to 1869period
Intervale, New Hampshireattested
“Except for his customary summer vacations in the Adirondacks (at Keene Valley, New York) and later at the White Mountains (in Intervale, New Hampshire), his sojourn in Europe in 1866–1869 was almost the only time that Gibbs spent outside…”
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1866 to 1869period
New Havenattested
“Except for his customary summer vacations in the Adirondacks (at Keene Valley, New York) and later at the White Mountains (in Intervale, New Hampshire), his sojourn in Europe in 1866–1869 was almost the only time that Gibbs spent outside…”
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June 1869month
Yaleattested
“Gibbs returned to Yale in June 1869 and briefly taught French to engineering students.”
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1871year
Yaleattested
“In 1871, he was appointed Professor of Mathematical Physics at Yale, the first such professorship in the United States.”
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1879 to 1880period
National Academy of Sciencesattested
“He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1879 and received the 1880 Rumford Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for his work on chemical thermodynamics.”
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1879 to 1880period
American Academy of Arts and Sciencesattested
“He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1879 and received the 1880 Rumford Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for his work on chemical thermodynamics.”
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1880year
Baltimore, Marylandattested
“According to modern commentators, Gibbs continued to work without pay until 1880, when the new Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland offered him a position paying $3,000 per year.”
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1901year
1901year
1903year
28 April 1903exact date
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Places Josiah Willard Gibbs is documented in
New Haven3 presences · 1866 to 1903Yale3 presences · 1869 to 1903American Academy of Arts and Sciences1 presence · 1879Germany1 presence · 1840London1 presence · 1901Paris1 presence · 1866University of Berlin1 presence · 1840
Adirondack Mountains1 presence · 1866
Baltimore, Maryland1 presence · 1880
Intervale, New Hampshire1 presence · 1866
Keene Valley, New York1 presence · 1866
National Academy of Sciences1 presence · 1879
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1854year
Yale Collegementioned
“Willard Gibbs was educated at the Hopkins School and entered Yale College in 1854 at the age of 15.”
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1854year
Hopkins Schoolmentioned
“Willard Gibbs was educated at the Hopkins School and entered Yale College in 1854 at the age of 15.”
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1854year
Yalementioned
“Willard Gibbs was educated at the Hopkins School and entered Yale College in 1854 at the age of 15.”
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1858year
Yalementioned
“At Yale, Gibbs received prizes for excellence in mathematics and Latin, and he graduated in 1858, near the top of his class.”
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August 1867month
Berlinmentioned
“In August 1867, Gibbs's sister Julia was married in Berlin to Addison Van Name, who had been Gibbs's classmate at Yale.”
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August 1867month
Yalementioned
“In August 1867, Gibbs's sister Julia was married in Berlin to Addison Van Name, who had been Gibbs's classmate at Yale.”
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September 1884month
Philadelphiamentioned
“Arthur appointed him as one of the commissioners to the National Conference of Electricians, which convened in Philadelphia in September 1884, and Gibbs presided over one of its sessions.”
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1891year
Yalementioned
“He supervised the thesis of Irving Fisher, who received the first PhD in economics from Yale in 1891.”
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1895year
American Philosophical Societymentioned
“In 1895, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1895.”
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Documented at the same place, the same year
Sinclair LewisYale · 1903Thorstein VeblenBaltimore, Maryland · 1880John Charles FieldsBaltimore, Maryland · 1880H. L. MenckenBaltimore, Maryland · 1880Mikhail BakuninUniversity of Berlin · 1840Rudolf ClausiusUniversity of Berlin · 1840Friedrich ListUniversity of Berlin · 1840Eduard HeineUniversity of Berlin · 1840Giuseppe VerdiParis · 1866Alfred SisleyParis · 1866Mary CassattParis · 1866Wilhelm von TegetthoffParis · 1866
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