Davies Gilbert, English Mathematician
Davies Gilbert (born Davies Giddy) (March 6, 1767 - December 24, 1839) was an English mathematician and politician. He graduated from Pembroke College, Oxford with a in 1789. He was a close associate of physician Thomas Beddoes, had attended Beddoes' lectures in Oxford. He noticed and encouraged Humphry Davy and convinced Beddoes that Davy was the man to work in the laboratory at the Pneumatic Institution. He served as a Member of Parliament where he was an outspoken supporter of engineering and scientific inquiry. His mathematical skills were sought by such early engineering pioneers as Jonathan Hornblower, Richard Trevithick and Thomas Telford. He was the President of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall from its foundation in 1814 until his death in 1839 at the age of 72.
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