> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 197](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33258675) of TL-2 Suppl. VIII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12149-1) LSID 12149-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3237312) QID Q3237312 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Gibbes, Lewis \[Louis\] Reeve (1810-1894), American mathematician and naturalist, born 14 Aug 1810 in Charleston, South Carolina, attended Pendleton Academy, Pendleton, South Carolina 1823-1827, graduated 1829 South Carolina College (now Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia), held various teaching appointments while studying medicine, M.D. 1836 Medical College of the State, studied in Paris 1836-1837, prof. of mathematics and later astronomy and physics, College of Charleston from 1838 (and for 54 years!), emeritus 1892, died 21 Nov 1894 in Charleston. **Abbreviated name**: *Gibbes* \[standard form in IPNI: *Gibbes*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection CHARL|CHARL]] (marine alg.), [[Collection NY|NY]] (1500 specimens), [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection YU|YU]]. – Papers of Lewis Reeves \[sic\] Gibbes in [[Collection LC|LC]]; some corr. in [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection NY|NY]] (John Torrey papers) and SIA. #### Bibliography and biography APN p. 226; Barnhart 2: 44; Bossert p. 143; CSP 2: 871-872; Ewan Pap. p. 78; IH 2: 223; Lenley p. 180; Portr. 3: 477; PR ed. 1: 3624, ed. 2: 3317; Rehder 5(index): 320; Tucker 1: 277. #### Biofile - Anon., Tributes to Lewis R. Gibbes, 1810-1894: professor of astronomy and chemistry in the College of Charleston, 1838-1892. Professor emeritus, 1892-1894. (n.v.); Amer. J. Sci., ser. 3, 49: 80. 1895. (obit.) - Abbott, R.T. (ed.), 1973. Amer. Malacologists: 104. - Adler, K., 1989. Contr. hist. herpetology: 155. - Ewan, J. (ed.), 1969. Short hist. bot. U.S.: 75. - Gee, W., 1918. South Carolina botanists: 42-45. - Gibbes, L.R., 1889. Proc. Elliott Soc. Nat. Hist. Charleston 2: 223, 224. (autobiogr. notes) - \[Gibbes, L.R.\], \[1897\]. Catalogue of herbarium, of Professor L.R. Gibbes, \[Charleston, S.C.\]: \[1\]-67. \[*Copies*: HH, MO, NY\] (4000 specimens) - Porcher, W.P., 1920. *In*, H.A. Kelly & W.L. Burrage, Amer. Med. Biogr. 1: 434. - Sanders, A.E. & W.D. Anderson, Jr., 1999. Nat. hist. investigations in South Carolina from colonial times to the present, Columbia, South Carolina (Univ. of South Carolina Press): 318. (index) (portr.) - Sargent, C.S., 1898. Silva N. Amer. 12: 70. - Stephens, L.D., 1997. *In*, T.W. Pietsch & W.D. Anderson, Jr. (eds.), Amer. Soc. Ichthyologists & Herpetologists, Special Publ. no. 3: 447-458. (portr.) ### Publications ##### n.36.357. Catalogue **Title** *Catalogue* of the *phoenogamous plants*, of *Columbia, S.C.* and its vicinity... Columbia, S.C. (Printed at the Telescope Office) 1835. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct 1835 (cover-t.p.), cover-t.p. \[=p. 1\], p. \[2, "advertisement" i.e. pref.\], \[3\]-13. *Copies*: HH (n.v.), NY. *Note*: The NY copy is inscribed by the author to Dr. John Torrey; unfortunately, in binding, the pages were trimmed excessively, removing portions of the text. ##### n.36.358. Botany **Title** *Botany* of *Edings' Bay*... \[Charleston, S.C. (Russell & Jones)\] 1859. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1859 (read 15 Oct 1857), p. \[1\]-8. *Copies*: HH, NYPL (n.v.). – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Elliott Soc. Nat. Hist. Charleston 1: 241-248. 1859. ##### n.36.359. Rules **Title** *Rules* for the *accentuation* of *names* in natural history, with examples zoological and botanical... Charleston, S.C. (Russell & Jones)/New York (Bailliere Brothers) 1860. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1860 (read 2 Mar 1857, p. iii signed 15 Jan 1857), cover-t.p., p. \[i\]-v, 6-13. *Copies*: BM (n.v.), HH-MCZ, LC (n.v.). *Microfilm*: Atlanta, Georgia (SOLINET), 1993, 1 reel (35 mm) (SOLINET/ASERL Cooperative Microfilming Project). *Copy*: (n.v.). *Note*: "Published by the Elliott Society of Natural History". *Ref*.: Anon., Proc. Elliott Soc. Nat. Hist. Charleston 1: 103. 1 Apr 1857 ("The Committee of Curators... recommend that it \[the paper\] be published in a small and portable form, as a Manual, and so placed within the reach of every student, however limited his means".)