Background
Gibbs, Roswell Clifton was born on July 1, 1878 in at Hume, New York, United States. Son of Orlando Charles and Frances E. (Beaderslee) Gibbs.
Gibbs, Roswell Clifton was born on July 1, 1878 in at Hume, New York, United States. Son of Orlando Charles and Frances E. (Beaderslee) Gibbs.
Buffalo Normal School, 1895-1897. Bachelor of Arts, Cornell, 1906, Master of Arts, 1908, Doctor of Philosophy, 1910.
Teacher and principal public and high schools until 1903. Instructor physics, 1906-1912, assistant professor, 1912-1918, professor after 1918 and department chairman after 1934, Cornell Univercity, also acting dean, College of Arts and Sciences, second term, 1926-1927. Research associate in physics, California Institute of Technology, 1923-1924.
Associate editor Physical Review, 1931-1934.
United States delegate 5th Inernat. Congress on Electricity, Paris, 1932.
Fellow American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member of New York State Sciene Teachers’ Association (president, 1917), Optical Society of America (vice president 1935-1937, president 1937-1939), American Association University professors, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Specialized in spectroscopy, luminescence, study of the absorption spectra of organic compounds in solution, extreme ultra-violet spectra, spectra of isoelectronic Sequences, multiplet and hyperfine structure of spectra, fine structure of hydrogen and deuterium spectra, e ration from such spectra.
Married Clara Laura Davis, August 21, 1901. Children: Ruth Carrier (Mistress Charles West. Jones), Marjorie Jeannette (Mistress John West. Roehl), Elinor Frances.