Gibbons, Alexander Severus

Dickinson class of 1846 and a University of Maryland trained doctor, Gibbons entered a life of service as a Methodist minister soon after graduation. A Virginian, he was a missionary in the California goldfields, a college professor, and secretary of the Methodist Missionary Society. He was elected president of the University of the Pacific soon after its opening in 1857 and served again from 1873 to 1878.
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Dickinson Connection
Class of 1846
    Full name
    Alexander Severus Gibbons
    Place of Birth
    Burial Place
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Origins
    Slave State
    No. of Siblings
    11
    No. of Spouses
    1
    No. of Children
    7
    Family
    Sarah E. Cloud (wife)
    Education
    Dickinson (Carlisle College)
    Other
    Other Education
    University of Maryland Medical School
    Occupation
    Clergy
    Educator
    Doctor, Dentist or Nurse
    Church or Religious Denomination
    Methodist
    How to Cite This Page: "Gibbons, Alexander Severus," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/5729.