Biography of Josiah Willard Gibbs
Born April 30, 1790 in Salem, Mass.
Died March 25, 1861 in New Haven, Conn.
He was son of Henry Gibbs and Mercy Prescott.
Education - Yale, B.A. 1809
He was tutor in Yale College from 1811 to 1815. He also pursued a course of theological study, and was licensed to preach. He devoted himself with special zeal to the study of Hebrew, and to the literature of the Bible generally, and was one of the first in this country to make available here the fruits of German research.
In 1824 he removed from Andover, Mass., to New Haven, Conn., and from that time to his death he was connected with the Theological Institution of Yale College, first as Lecturer, and after 1826 as Professor in the department of Sacred Literature. During a part of this period he also gave instruction in Hebrew to such students in the Academical Department as desired it.
In September 1824 he was appointed Librarian of Yale College and continued in this office till he resigned it in 1843.
In September 1830, he married Miss Mary Anna Van Cleve, of Princeton, N.J. Their children were four daughters and one son.
In 1853 he received the degree of LL.D. from the College of New Jersey. In biblical criticism and general linguistics he ranked among the most eminent. He contributed to the periodical publications of his time many important papers on subjects of philology and criticism.
Source - Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College Deceased During the Year Ending, July 1861.
Born April 30, 1790 in Salem, Mass.
Died March 25, 1861 in New Haven, Conn.
He was son of Henry Gibbs and Mercy Prescott.
Education - Yale, B.A. 1809
He was tutor in Yale College from 1811 to 1815. He also pursued a course of theological study, and was licensed to preach. He devoted himself with special zeal to the study of Hebrew, and to the literature of the Bible generally, and was one of the first in this country to make available here the fruits of German research.
In 1824 he removed from Andover, Mass., to New Haven, Conn., and from that time to his death he was connected with the Theological Institution of Yale College, first as Lecturer, and after 1826 as Professor in the department of Sacred Literature. During a part of this period he also gave instruction in Hebrew to such students in the Academical Department as desired it.
In September 1824 he was appointed Librarian of Yale College and continued in this office till he resigned it in 1843.
In September 1830, he married Miss Mary Anna Van Cleve, of Princeton, N.J. Their children were four daughters and one son.
In 1853 he received the degree of LL.D. from the College of New Jersey. In biblical criticism and general linguistics he ranked among the most eminent. He contributed to the periodical publications of his time many important papers on subjects of philology and criticism.
Source - Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College Deceased During the Year Ending, July 1861.
Biography of Josiah Willard Gibbs
Born April 30, 1790 in Salem, Mass.
Died March 25, 1861 in New Haven, Conn.
He was son of Henry Gibbs and Mercy Prescott.
Education - Yale, B.A. 1809
He was tutor in Yale College from 1811 to 1815. He also pursued a course of theological study, and was licensed to preach. He devoted himself with special zeal to the study of Hebrew, and to the literature of the Bible generally, and was one of the first in this country to make available here the fruits of German research.
In 1824 he removed from Andover, Mass., to New Haven, Conn., and from that time to his death he was connected with the Theological Institution of Yale College, first as Lecturer, and after 1826 as Professor in the department of Sacred Literature. During a part of this period he also gave instruction in Hebrew to such students in the Academical Department as desired it.
In September 1824 he was appointed Librarian of Yale College and continued in this office till he resigned it in 1843.
In September 1830, he married Miss Mary Anna Van Cleve, of Princeton, N.J. Their children were four daughters and one son.
In 1853 he received the degree of LL.D. from the College of New Jersey. In biblical criticism and general linguistics he ranked among the most eminent. He contributed to the periodical publications of his time many important papers on subjects of philology and criticism.
Source - Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College Deceased During the Year Ending, July 1861.
Born April 30, 1790 in Salem, Mass.
Died March 25, 1861 in New Haven, Conn.
He was son of Henry Gibbs and Mercy Prescott.
Education - Yale, B.A. 1809
He was tutor in Yale College from 1811 to 1815. He also pursued a course of theological study, and was licensed to preach. He devoted himself with special zeal to the study of Hebrew, and to the literature of the Bible generally, and was one of the first in this country to make available here the fruits of German research.
In 1824 he removed from Andover, Mass., to New Haven, Conn., and from that time to his death he was connected with the Theological Institution of Yale College, first as Lecturer, and after 1826 as Professor in the department of Sacred Literature. During a part of this period he also gave instruction in Hebrew to such students in the Academical Department as desired it.
In September 1824 he was appointed Librarian of Yale College and continued in this office till he resigned it in 1843.
In September 1830, he married Miss Mary Anna Van Cleve, of Princeton, N.J. Their children were four daughters and one son.
In 1853 he received the degree of LL.D. from the College of New Jersey. In biblical criticism and general linguistics he ranked among the most eminent. He contributed to the periodical publications of his time many important papers on subjects of philology and criticism.
Source - Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College Deceased During the Year Ending, July 1861.
Inscription
Josiah Willard Gibbs, Professor of Sacred Literature in Yale College from 1824 to 1861. Born in Salem, Mass April 30, 1790. Died Mar. 25, 1861
