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=Gibbes= [ḡĭbz], =Robert Wilson.= _Ms._, 1809-1866. A physician,
educator, and journalist of Columbia, South Carolina. Monograph of the
Squalidæ; Typhoid Pneumonia; Documentary History of South Carolina;
Documentary History of the American Revolution.
=Gibbon, John [Oliver].= _Pa._, 1827-1896. A major-general in the
Federal army during the Civil War who published The Artillerist’s
Manual.
=Gibbons, Henry.= _Del._, 1808-1848. Son of W. Gibbons, _infra_. A
physician of San Francisco, professor in the Pacific Medical College
who was the author of an anti-tobacco treatise, Tobacco and its Effects.
=Gibbons, James.= _Md._, 1834- ----. A cardinal of the Roman Catholic
church since 1886. The Faith of Our Fathers; Our Christian Heritage;
The Ambassador of Christ.
=Gibbons, James Sloan.= _Del._, 1810-1892. Son of W. Gibbons, _infra_.
A prominent financier and philanthropist of New York city. He was a
noted abolitionist, and was a pioneer in the movement for preserving
the forests. The Banks of New York; The Public Debt of the United
States. He wrote the popular war song, “We are Coming, Father Abraham.”
=Gibbons, Mrs. Phœbe [Earle].= _Pa._, 1821-190-. An author of Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Dutch, and Other Essays; French and
Belgians. _Lip._
=Gibbons, William.= _Pa._, 1781-1845. A philanthropist and scientist
of Wilmington, Delaware. He wrote Truth Vindicated, a notably clear
exposition of the principles of the Friends.
=Gibbs, George.= _L. I._, 1815-1873. A lawyer and antiquarian of New
York city. The Judicial Chronicle; Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon or
Trade Language of Oregon; Comparative Vocabulary; Research relative
to the Ethnology and Philology of America; Suggestions relating to
Scientific Observation in Russian America.
=Gibbs, Josiah Willard.= _Ms._, 1790-1861. A philologist who
was professor of sacred literature at Yale University, 1824-61.
Philological Studies; New Latin Analyst; Teutonic Etymology.
=Gibbs, Josiah Willard.= _Ct._, 1839-1903. Son of J. W. Gibbs, _supra_.
A professor of physics at Yale University, and the author of scientific
papers and monographs.
=Gibbs, [Oliver] Wolcott.= _N. Y._, 1822-1903. Brother of G. Gibbs,
_supra_. A chemist of distinction, Rumford professor at Harvard
University, and author of scientific papers.
=Gibson, Louis Henry.= _Ind._, 1854- ----. An architect of
Indianapolis. Beautiful Houses, a Study in Housebuilding; Convenient
Houses; Gradual Reduction Milling; Artistic Houses at Moderate Cost.
_Cr._
=Gibson, William.= _Md._, 1788-1868. A once famous physician of
Philadelphia, professor of surgery in the University of Pennsylvania,
1819-55. Principles and Practice of Surgery; Rambles in Europe. _See
Gross’s Sketches of Contemporaries._
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