11) Gilbert Islands. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Gilbert Islands, group of 16 islands, central Pacific, one of the island groups that form the Republic of Kiribati. The group includes Tarawa, Butaritari (Makin),... 12) Gilbert, Cass. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934, American architect, b. Zanesville, Ohio, studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and in Europe. In 1880 he entered the employ... 13) Tennent, Gilbert. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Tennent, Gilbert, 1703-64, American Presbyterian clergyman, leading preacher of the Great Awakening, b. Ireland; son of William Tennent. He moved with his parents... 14) Sheldon, Gilbert. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Sheldon, Gilbert, 1598-1677, English divine, archbishop of Canterbury. He attended Charles I at Oxford and Newmarket and in the Isle of Wight, remaining thereafter... 15) Gilbert, Sir Humphrey. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 1537?-1583, English soldier, navigator, and explorer; half brother of Sir Walter Raleigh. Knighted (1570) for his service in the campaigns... 16) Gilbert, Grove Karl. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918, American geologist, b. Rochester, N.Y., grad. Univ. of Rochester, 1862. When the U.S. Geological Survey was created in the Dept. of... 17) Scott, Sir George Gilbert. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Scott, Sir George Gilbert, 1811-78, English architect. Prominent in the Gothic revival, he designed many public structures. He also directed a vast amount of Gothic... 18) Gilbert, William. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Gilbert, William, 1544-1603, English scientist and physician. He studied medicine at Cambridge Univ. (M.D., 1569), where he was elected a Fellow of St. John's College,... 19) Gilbert, Walter. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Gilbert, Walter, 1932-, American molecular biologist, b. Boston, Ph.D. Cambridge Univ., 1957. In 1968 he became a professor of biophysics at Harvard, where he had... 20) Gilbert, Sir William Schwenck. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
2001 ...Gilbert, Sir William Schwenck, 1836-1911, English playwright and poet. He won fame as the librettist of numerous popular operettas, written in collaboration with... |