Person: Gibson, George Alexander
![Gibson.jpg](https://github.com/bookofproofs/bookofproofs.github.io/blob/main/_sources/_assets/images/portraits/Gibson.jpg?raw=true)
George Gibson graduated from Glasgow University and went on to become Professor there. He published several important textbooks and was an enthusiast for the History of Mathematics.
Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):
- Robert Gibson had taught himself Latin to be able to carry out research for a book he wrote on the history of Greenlaw.
- George attended the Free Church School in Greenlaw until he was sixteen years old when he matriculated at the University of Glasgow.
- Because of his health problems, Gibson only took an ordinary degree rather than an honours degree.
- Gibson remained an Assistant until 1891 when a new Ordinance came into force which meant that from November of that year he became a Lecturer in Mathematics.
- In 1895 Gibson was appointed as professor of mathematics at the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College (now Strathclyde University).
- In 1909 Gibson was named professor at Glasgow University where he succeeded William Jack.
- He was elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 2 December 1889 having been proposed by Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), William Jack, Sir Thomas Muir, and George Chrystal.
- After Gibson's death his friends raised funds to endow a lecture on the history of mathematics, to be given about every four years.
Born 19 April 1858, Greenlaw, Berwickshire, Scotland. Died 1 April 1930, Glasgow, Scotland.
View full biography at MacTutor
Tags relevant for this person:
Origin Scotland
Thank you to the contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0!
![](https://github.com/bookofproofs/bookofproofs.github.io/blob/main/_sources/_assets/images/calendar-black.png?raw=true)
- Github:
-
![bookofproofs](https://github.com/bookofproofs.png?size=32)
- non-Github:
- @J-J-O'Connor
- @E-F-Robertson
References
Adapted from other CC BY-SA 4.0 Sources:
- O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive