Gibbs, Oliver

WOLCOTT, chemist, born in New York Feb. 21, 1822; graduated at Columbia College; studied chemistry in Philadelphia, and medicine in the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons, and in Europe under Liebig; subsequently became profe or of Chemistry and Physics in the New York Free Academy, and, in 1863, of Chemistry in Harvard College. European societies have bestowed honors upon him, and he has published numerous articles in the American Journal of Science, . He was appointed Scientific Commi ioner of the U. S. to the Vienna Exhibition of 1873. Gibson, WILLIAM HAMILTON, artist and author, born at Sandy Hook, Conn., Oct. 5, 1850. He early developed talent for drawing and keen interest in plant and insect life; studied at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, where his taste for drawing was systematically developed. Thrown upon his own resources by the death of his father, G. entered commercial life in the employ of an insurance company; but this proving uncongenial, he gave it up and devoted himself to the particular art which interested him most-the drawing of flowers and insects. His first public work, a short illustrated article on the interior structure of a butternut, appeared in 1870; this was followed by many similar contributions to the leading juvenile and other periodicals, and later by more pretentious work in the principal magazines. Although not a scientist, in the usual sense of the term, G. did much by his ingenuity and analytical methods to stimulate the development of certain branches of popular science, his close familiarity with nature, as expre ed in his pictures and the accompanying texts, acting as an inspiration as well as a source of practical information. His books include: Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap making; Pastoral Days, or Memories of a New England Year; and Highways and Byways. Among his latest illustrated magazine articles was Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms (1895). Died July 16, 1896. Gibson burg, in Ohio , a post-village of Sandusky co., 13 m. W. of Fremont, on T., W. V. & O. R. R. Pop. (1897) about 650. Gid'dings, FRANKLIN HENRY, sociologist, born at Sherman, Conn., March 23, 1855; graduated at Union College; was employed on the Springfield (Ma .) Daily Union and Republican , contributing at the same time economic studies to various publications; was called to the chair of political sciences at Bryn Mawr College (1888); lecturer on sociology at Columbia Col- lege (1891). In connection with Prof. J. B. Clark he is the author of The Modern Distributive Proce ; editor of the monographs of the American Economic A ocia- tion, and, for a time, was a ociate editor of the Annals of the American Academy of Political Science. Giddings, JOSHUA REED, statesman, born in Athens, Pa., Oct. 6, 1795; studied law and was admitted to the bar; afterward was a member of the legislature of Ohio, having removed to that State in 1806; was mem- ber of Congre (1838-59), where he became prominent as an anti-slavery leader; in 1861 was appointed consul- general in Canada. Author of The Exiles of Florida ; The Rebellion, its Authors and Causes. Died at Montreal, May 27, 1864. Giddings, in Texas , a post-town, cap. of Lee co., 59 m. E. of Austin, on H. & T. C. and S. A. & A. P. R. Rs. Has soda-water factory, brick works and manufactories of dentist's supplies. Pop . (1890) 1,203.