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Wolcott Gibbs (March 15, 1902 – August 16, 1958) was an American editor, humorist, theatre critic, playwright and writer of short stories, who worked for The New Yorker magazine from 1927 until his death.
Oliver Wolcott Gibbs (February 21, 1822 – December 9, 1908) was an American chemist. He is known for performing the first electrogravimetric analyses , namely the reductions of copper and nickel ions to their respective metals.
Wolcott Gibbs was too high-strung to live at peace with the world; he exhausted himself fighting rear-guard actions in private, inescapable wars of the mind and spirit. He was a tortured man.
1895-1900 NAS President. The next choice for president was the chemist and charter member of the Academy Oliver Wolcott Gibbs (1822–1908), who had refused the office earlier, but was now willing to serve between 1895 and 1900.
9 de abr. de 2010 · Jill Lepore’s Critic at Large about the rivalry between Time magazine co-founder Henry Luce and The New Yorker’s Harold Ross gives us the ideal occasion to highlight the work of Wolcott Gibbs.
10 de oct. de 2011 · This week, Bloomsbury publishes “Backward Ran Sentences: The Best of Wolcott Gibbs from The New Yorker,” edited by Thomas Vinciguerra.
Wolcott Gibbs was born into an atmosphere of scientific interests, and his early associations must have in-fluenced his choice of a career. A taste for science ran in the family. Laura Gibbs, the mother of Wolcott, came of distinguished ancestry.
