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Name	Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894
Othernames	Lewis Reeves Gibbes LRG
Born	08/14/1810
Birthplace	Charleston, South Carolina
Places of residence	Charleston, SC
Titles & honors	Professor of astronomy, mechanics, physics and chemistry at College of Charleston
Father	Lewis Ladson Gibbes
Mother	Maria Henriette Drayton
Nationality	American
Education	South Carolina College, 1829 Medical University of South Carolina, 1836
Notes	He published papers on the Crustacea of the American coast and his comprehensive He published various papers on the crustacea of the American coast, and showed his knowledge of the subject by his revision in 1850 of the species in the various United States to which he added valuable notes and descriptions of new species. Lewis R. Gibbes An 1829 graduate of South Carolina College, Lewis Reeve Gibbes (1810-1894) was well connected to many prominent scientists in the United States and abroad during his long career, including John Edwards Holbrook, John Bachman, and Louis Agassiz. During the 1850s, Lewis Gibbes was a leading expert on American crabs, and he authored the first publications on South Carolina's marine algae. An avid collector of the natural world, he described his own cabinet of crustacea in 1850 as "the largest I believe at the South." Considered by many to have been South Carolina's most versatile scientist, Gibbes's generosity in sharing his discoveries and specimens with other scientists in the United States and abroad garnered such deep respect that many scientists named newly discovered species in his honor. While his interest in mineralogy is overshadowed by his other accomplishments, USC possesses a large selection of minerals collected by Lewis Gibbes.
Occupation	Professor of Mathematics, mineralology, physics, chemistry, College of Charleston
Publications	Botany of Eding's Bay A Catalogue of the Phaenogamous Plants in Columbia, SC and Its Vicinity
Relationships	John Edwards Holbrook John Bachman Louis Agassiz
Role	Professor
Spouse	Anna Barnwell Gibbes 01/22/1823-05/01/1884
Children	Maria Henrietta Gibbes 08/27/1849-06/18/1930 Lewis Reeve Gibbes, Jr. 02/23/1851-12/20/1858 Sarah Peronneau Gibbes 09/26/1852-11/07/1942 Emma Schoolbred Gibbes 01/1854-1925 Charlotte Manigault Gibbes 12/28/1855-06/15/1856 Anna Gibbes 06/17/1857-06/23/1943 Lewis Reeve Gibbes, Jr. 1859-11/02/1946 Eliza Hayne Gibbes 11/22/1862-08/23/1905 Esther Middleton Gibbes 12/10/1865-05/15/1867

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