J. Willard Gibbs
Thermodynamicist
Born in New Haven Connecticut on February 11th, 1839, Josiah Willard Gibbs was entered Yale University in 1854 at the remarkable age of 15 years old.
Contributions
Before entering the field of physics, Gibbs most notably received the first Doctorate of Engineering to be conferred in the United States. In 1873, he published his first work, "Graphical Methods of Thermodynamics in Fluids", and then in 1876 he published his groundbreaking work, "On the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances".