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A Short Biography of Josiah Willard Gibbs

Author Name:

Josiah Willard Gibbs

Born As:

Josiah Willard Gibbs

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Born:

11 Feb 1839

Died:

28 Apr 1903




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Theoretical Physicist, Chemist and Mathematician                          
Enthalpy
Gibbs free energy
Gibbs entropy
Vector analysis
Gibbs-Helmholtz equation
Gibbs-Duhem equation
Gibbs algorithm
Gibbs distribution
Gibbs state
Gibbs phenomenon
Gibbs paradox
Gibbs' phase rule
Gibbs-Thomson effect
Gibbs isotherm
Gibbs-Donnan effect
The Gibbs lemma

Ph.D. Engineering 1863 - Yale University                          
Josiah Gibbs father, Professor J. Willard Gibbs, Sr, worked for the abolitionist movement, which formed the "Amistad Committee", and appeared before the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.                          
Matriculated at Yale College at the age of 15 - 1859

First American Ph.D. Engineering - 1863

Copley Medal of the Royal Society of London - 1901