| 1810 |
|
born
August 14 , eldest child of Lewis Ladson Gibbes, Charleston, SC
|
| 1821-22 |
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U of
Pennsylvania Grammar School
|
| 1823-27 |
|
Pendleton
Academy, SC
|
| 1827-29 |
|
South
Carolina College (now USC), graduated with First Honors
|
| 1830-34 |
|
tutor
and acting professor at South Carolina College
|
| 1835-36 |
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attends
Medical College of South Carolina (now MUSC), receives MD
|
| 1836-37 |
|
travels to Paris, France; meets Gay-Lussac, Dumas, and Dulong
|
| 1837 |
|
elected
Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at the College of
Charleston
|
| 1845 |
|
publishes
"Comparisons and Discussions of all the Observations made in the US on
the Transit of Mercury"
|
| 1850 |
|
publishes
complete revision of the species Crustacea
|
| 1856 |
|
serves
as acting president of the College of Charleston
|
| 1856-89 |
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served
as President of the Elliott Society of South Carolina
|
| 1875 |
|
presented
paper on the "Synoptic
Tables" at Elliott Society meeting in Charleston
|
| 1886 |
|
"Synoptic
Tables" first published
|
| 1892 |
|
retires
due to failing eye sight after 54 years of service to the College of
Charleston
|
| 1894 |
|
dies
November 21 in Charleston, SC |
