Josiah Willard Gibbs Sr.

Josiah Willard Gibbs Sr.
Prof. Josiah Willard Gibbs Sr., from a portrait by F. B. Carpenter.
Born(1790-04-30)April 30, 1790
Salem, Massachusetts
DiedMarch 25, 1861(1861-03-25) (aged 70)
New Haven, Connecticut
OccupationTheologian, linguist, librarian
EducationYale College

Josiah Willard Gibbs Sr. (30 April 1790 – 25 March 1861) was an American linguist and theologian, who served as professor of sacred literature at Yale University. He is remembered mainly for his involvement with the Amistad case and as the father of theoretical physicist Josiah Willard Gibbs.

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