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William Gilbert (born May 24, 1544, Colchester, Essex, England—died November 30 [December 10, New Style], 1603, London?) was a pioneer researcher into magnetism who became the most distinguished man of science in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Educated as a physician, Gilbert settled in London and began to practice in 1573.
William Gilbert (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l b ər t /; 24 May 1544? – 30 November 1603), [1] also known as Gilberd, [2] was an English physician, physicist and natural philosopher. He passionately rejected both the prevailing Aristotelian philosophy and the Scholastic method of university teaching.
William Gilbert was born into a prosperous family in the town of Colchester, England on May 12, 1544. The house in which William Gilbert was born in 1544 still stands in Colchester. Photo by David Hawgood. His father was Jerome Gilberd, a lawyer and judge, one of the most important men in the town. The family name was spelt Gilberd or sometimes ...
Gilbert began studying at St. John’s College, Cambridge University, when he was 14 years old. There he received bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees, completing his studies in 1569. His alma mater elected him as a fellow of the college and he began practicing as a physician in London. While maintaining a successful medical practice ...
William Gilbert. 1544-1603. English Geophysicist and Physician. W illiam Gilbert earned his place in annals of science with the publication of De magnete. A landmark in the history of experimental science and widely influential, it records his pioneering researches on magnetism and electricity. Nothing is known of Gilbert's early life other ...
William Gilbert. The English physician and physicist William Gilbert (1544-1603), an investigator of electrical and magnetic phenomena, is principally noted for his "Demagnete," one of the first scientific works based on observation and experiment. William Gilbert was born in Colchester, Suffolk, on May 24, 1544.