[gil-bert] 
| 1. | Cass, 1859–1934, U.S. architect. |
| 2. | Henry Franklin Bel⋅knap [bel-nap] , 1868–1928, U.S. composer. |
| 3. | Sir Humphrey, 1537–83, English soldier, navigator, and colonizer in America. |
| 4. | John (John Pringle ), 1895–1936, U.S. film actor. |
| 5. | Walter, born 1932, U.S. molecular biologist: Nobel prize for chemistry 1980. |
| 6. | William, 1544–1603, English physician and physicist: pioneer experimenter in magnetism and electricity. |
| 7. | Sir William Schwenck [shwengk] , 1836–1911, English dramatist and poet: collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan. |
| 8. | a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “pledge” and “bright.” |
Gilbert Gil·bert (gĭl'bərt), Walter. Born 1932.
American biologist. He shared a 1980 Nobel Prize for developing methods of mapping the structure and function of DNA.
| Gilbert, William 1544-1603.
English court physician and physicist whose book De Magnete (1600) was the first comprehensive scientific work published in England. Gilbert demonstrated that the Earth itself is a magnet, with lines of force running between the North and South Poles. He theorized that magnetism and electricity were two types of a single force and was the first to use the words electricity and magnetic pole. |