| Authorised form of name | Gibbs; Josiah Willard (1839 - 1903) |
| Dates | 1839 - 1903 |
| Nationality | American |
| Place of birth | New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Date of birth | 11 February 1839 |
| Place of death | New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Date of death | 28/04/1903 |
| Research field | Theoretical physics |
| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 04/03/1897 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1901 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DAB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 280-296, plate, signed by J L
References:
Otto Mayr, 'Victorian Physicists and Speed Regulation: An Encounter Between Science and Technology' in NR 1971 vol 26 pp 205-228
J S Rowlinson, 'The work of Thomas Andrews and James Thomson on the liquefaction of gases' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 143-159
J S Rowlinson, 'Gases and liquids. How fluids unmix: discoveries by the school of Van der Waals and Kamerlingh Onnes, by J L Sengers' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 255-256 |
| Code | NA2523 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1897/03 | Gibbs, Josiah Willard: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/14/630 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrisons & Sons | 12 April 1897 |
| NLB/23/2/133 | Copy letter from unknown correspondent, to Professor Josiah Willard Gibbs, Foreign Member of the Royal Society | November 1901 |
| NLB/23/2/148 | Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Professor Josiah Willard Gibbs, Foreign Member of the Royal Society | 10 December 1901 |
| MC/17/24 | Letter from [Josiah] Willard Gibbs, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, to Lord [Joseph] Lister, President of the Royal Society | 6 April 1897 |
| NLB/9/774 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Oliver Joseph Lodge, Fellow of the Royal Society | 11 July 1894 |
| NLB/32/22 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to George Derby, Managing Editor, Messrs J T White & Company, Publishers, 5 &7 East 16th Street, New York [USA] | 13 December 1905 |
| MC/17 | Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1897-1899 |