William Gilbert was born in Colchester, Essex, England, on May 24, 1544. Although he was trained as a doctor and appointed court physician for a short time to both Queen Elizabeth I and King James I, Gilbert made his mark in the study of magnetism. His...

The English physician and physicist William Gilbert (1544-1603), an investigator of electrical and magnetic phenomena, is principally noted for his "De magnete," one of the first scientific works based on observation and experiment. William Gilbert was...

1544-1603 English Geophysicist and Physician William 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...

William Gilbert, also known as Gilbard (Colchester, England, May 24, 1544 – London, England, November 30, 1603) was an English physician and a natural philosopher. He was an early Copernican, and passionately rejected both the prevailing...

William Gilbert, founding chairman of his international production and distribution company, William Gilbert Associates (WGA), is considered to be a true veteran of the entertainment industry. Besides the recession, Gilbert blames the government for the uncertain state of program sales in the...

Suella Gilbert Ellis, 80, a high school teacher and assistant principal in Prince William County schools for 35 years, died of lung cancer Nov. 3 at Prince William Hospital. She lived in Manassas. Ms. Ellis began teaching in Prince William County schools in...