Wolcott Gibbs [photograph], [ca. 1849-1853].

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Wolcott Gibbs [photograph], [ca. 1849-1853].

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Quarter-plate daguerreotype in leather case of the chemist, physicist, and Harvard University professor of science Wolcott Gibbs (1822-1908), a founding member of the National Academy of Science. The photograph was taken by Beckers & Piard of New York, N.Y., ca. 1849-1853.

1 photograph : daguerreotype, b&w ; visible image 9 x 7 cm. (quarter-plate), in case 12 x 9 1/2 cm.

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Gibbs, Wolcott, 1822-1908

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Gibbs received an honorary degree from Harvard in 1888. He served as Dean of Lawrence Scientific School and Dean of School of Mining and Practical Engineering, and taught chemistry and physics. From the description of Papers of Wolcott Gibbs, 1885-1944 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77069357 Chemist (Ammonia-cobalt compounds; metals of platinum group; new methods of analysis; complex inorganic acids). A.M. Columbia College, 1841; M.D. Columbia College...

Beckers & Piard (New York, N.Y.),

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