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Gibbs, J. Willard (Josiah Willard), 1839-1903

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1839-02-11 - 1903-04-28

Biography

Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839-1903), American mathematician and physicist, best known for his work in thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and vector theory as applied to orbits.

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Colton Family Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 855
Abstract:

Correspondence, writings, sermons, diaries, account books, poems, and notes of George Colton of West Hartford, Connecticut and four of his sons. The principal figure in the papers is Henry Martyn Colton, who graduated from Yale College in 1848 and established schools in Middletown, Connecticut and New York City. Included in his papers are college lecture notes, sermons together with outlines and notes, poems, diaries, and travel writings.

Dates: 1749-1879, bulk 1826-1879

Farnam family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 203
Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, letterbooks, financial papers, writings, scrapbooks, and memorabilia of the Farnam family of New Haven, Connecticut, 1721-1929. The papers of Henry Farnam (1803-1883), and two of his sons, Henry Walcott Farnam (1853-1933) and William Whitman Farnam (1844-1929) form this collection. The papers of Henry Farnam include personal and professional correspondence concerning his family, life in New Haven, and the building of several canals and railroads in Connecticut and...
Dates: 1721-1941

Gibbs family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 236
Abstract:

Correspondence, financial papers and memorabilia of members of the Gibbs family. Of principal interest are thirteen letters (1783-1796) from Roger Sherman to his brother-in-law, Henry Gibbs, of which five (1789-1790) discuss the deliberations of the first Congress of the United States. Other figures represented in the papers are two Josiah Willard Gibbses (father and son) and Addison Van Name.

Dates: 1718-1893

Josiah Willard Gibbs papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1175
Abstract:

The collection consists of the papers of Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839-1903), which include correspondence, scientific papers, lecture notes taken by one of Gibbs' students, photographs, scientific illustrations, and honors and awards, as well as correspondence of his father, J. Willard Gibbs (1790-1861).

Dates: 1811-1947, bulk 1863-1903

Gibbs Symposium videorecordings

 Collection
Call Number: RU 115
Abstract:

The materials consist of videorecordings of the Gibbs Symposium held at Yale in 1989. The symposium was held in honor of Josiah Willard Gibbs, a leader in theoretical physics.

Dates: 1989

Gibbs-Van Name papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 83
Abstract:

The papers contain correspondence and other materials documenting the efforts of Ralph gibbs Van Name to publish technical and biographical work on Josiah Willard Gibbs, the scientist who developed the theory of thermodynamics.

Dates: 1843-1959, bulk 1929-1957

Ebenezer Alfred Johnson family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1246
Abstract: Papers of three related families: the Johnson and Gibbs families of New Haven, Connecticut, and the Van Cleve family of New Jersey. The principal figure is Ebenezer Alfred Johnson, professor of Greek and Latin Literature at the University of the City of New York (1839-1891). His papers consist of personal and professional correspondence and a small amount of printed matter and records relating to the University of the City of New York. Included in his personal correspondence are letters from...
Dates: 1760-1969

Yale course lectures collection

 Collection
Call Number: RU 159
Abstract:

The collection consists of notes on course lectures taken by Yale students and course notes and recorded lectures by Yale faculty.

Dates: Circa 1706-1989