Herbert Adams Gibbons

Background

Gibbons, Herbert Adams was born on April 9, 1880 in Annapolis, Maryland, United States. Son of Hughes Oliphant and Cora Ida (Johns) Gibbons.

Education

Graduate William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia, 1897. Bachelor of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1902. Master of Arts, Princeton, 1907, Doctor of Philosophy, 1913.

Bachelor of Divinity, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1908.

Honorary the Doctor of Letters, University of Pennsylvania, 1920.

Career

Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1908. Correspondent New York Herald in Turkey, Egypt, Balkan States and France, 1908-1918. Correspondent Century and Harper’s in Europe, 1914-1919.

Staff correspondent Century, 1919-1921.

Correspondent Harper’s, at Conference on Disarmament, 1921, Christian Science Monitor in Europe, 1922. Editorial adviser Century Company, 1925-1933.

Professor history and political economy, Robert College, Constantinople, 1910-1913. Faculty, Chautauqua Summer School, 1915-1916, 20, University of Southern California, 1926.

American lecturer for French foreign affairs ministry, in France, 1917-1918.

Spencer Trask lecturer, Princeton, 1919. Honorary associate professor Army War College, Washington, District of Columbia, since 1919. With 308th Ammunition Train 32d Division, American Expeditionary Force Officer Legion of Honor (France).

Gold medal Societe de Geographie de Paris, for work in Alsace-Lorraine during the war.

Silver medal City of Paris, 1927. Was made honorary citizen of Le Touquet, France.

Achievements

• Herbert Adams Gibbons has been listed as a notable author by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member advisory board All-America Standards Council, Albanian-American Agriculture School. Member Institut Historique de France. Member board governors, Brooks-Bryce Foundation (New York and London).

Mason.

Managed transatlantic flight of Byrd.

Connections

Married Helen Davenport Brown, June 3, 1908. Children: Christine Este, Lloyd Irving, Mimi, Hope Delarue.

Father:

Hughes Oliphant Gibbons

Mother:

Cora Ida (Johns) Gibbons

Spouse:

Helen Davenport Brown

child:

Christine Este Gibbons

child:

Lloyd Irving Gibbons

child:

Mimi Gibbons

child:

Hope Delarue Gibbons