Joseph Gibbs (scientist)
Joseph Gibbs may refer to: * Joseph Gibbs (composer) (1699–1788), English composer * Joseph Gibbs (cricketer) (1867–1899), English cricketer * Joseph Gibbs (engineer) (1798–1864), British civil engineer and mechanical inventor * Joseph Gibbs (artist) Joseph Gibbs was a portrait painter who worked in the area around Smethwick, then South Staffordshire (now part of the West Midlands county), England, during the period 1852 to 1907. He exhibited at some Royal Birmingham Society of Artists even ...

Joseph Gibbs (composer)
Joseph Gibbs (23 December 1698, in Dedham, Essex12 December 1788), was an English composer. Biography Joseph Gibbs was not a prolific composer, but he was not entirely unknown. He was born in Dedham, Essex on 23 December 1698 to John Gibbs and Judith Gibbs. He had an older brother Edward born 4 years before. Though not much more has been traced of Gibbs until 1748. In that year, he was appointed organist at the Church of St. Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich, and his first published work ''Eight solos for violin with a thorough bass'', also appeared. Only one other work (six quartettos) is known to have been published in the remaining forty years of his active musical life. The purchase of a Gainsborough in 1928 by the National Portrait Gallery created a renewed interest in Joseph Gibbs. This painting of Gibbs was hitherto unknown and handed down through generations of Gibbs's family who were the only ones aware of its existence. Ipswich had a lively Music Club in which Thomas Gainsborou ...
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Joseph Gibbs (cricketer)
Joseph Arthur Gibbs (25 November 1867 – 13 May 1899) was an English cricketer who made ten first-class appearances between 1891 and 1896. He played five first-class matches for Somerset, and also appeared for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and I Zingari. He also published a number of books, including ''A Cotswold Village; or, country life and pursuits in Gloucestershire'' and ''The Improvement of Cricket Grounds on economical principles''. Life and career Gibbs was educated at Eton College, and then Christ Church, Oxford. He spent two years with the family banking firm in London before moving to Ablington, near Cirencester in 1892, where he lived as the squire of a small estate at Ablington Manor. He died of sudden heart failure in 1899, aged only 31. Cricket career While at Oxford, Gibbs played in a one-day, single innings match against Eton College, opening the batting and scoring 10 runs, and then claiming two wickets as Eton beat them by seven wickets. The next summe ...
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Joseph Gibbs (engineer)
Joseph Gibbs (1798–1864) was a British civil engineer and mechanical inventor. He patented a series of inventions for sawing and cutting wood, metal and stone. He is also known for his design work on the Great Northern Railway and the London & Brighton Railway. Family Gibbs was born in Staffordshire, the youngest son of a mill-owner and manufacturer. His uncle was mineral agent to the Duke of Devonshire and it was among the mines of the Derbyshire hills that it is thought that Gibbs acquired his taste for mining and geological research. Career He visited Holland and was engaged to work on some hydraulic works. He then went on to work in the West Indies. On his return to England he superintended the erection of several corn mills and saw mills in London. At this time he patented a series of inventions for sawing and cutting wood, metal, and stone. One invention was the Gibbs "elbow joint" which was used in the construction of inlaid floors. Floors were laid down that were co ...
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