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Sir ''' H. A. R. (Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen) Gibb,''' 1895-1971 b. 2 January 1895 Alexandria Egypt, returned to Scotland for education at the age of 5 after the death of his father.  Studies at the [[University of Edinburgh]] were interrupted by the [[World War I]] during which he served in France and Italy in the [[Royal Regiment of Artillery|Royal Field Artillery]].  Awarded a 'war privelge' MA.  After the war he studied Arabic at the School of Oriental Studies of London University and obtained MA in 1922.  Married Helen Jessie (Ella) same year, one son one daughter.

Sir ''' H. A. R. (Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen) Gibb,''' 1895-1971 b. 2 January 1895 Alexandria Egypt, returned to Scotland for education at the age of 5 after the death of his father.  Studies at the [[University of Edinburgh]] were interrupted by the [[World War I]] during which he served in France and Italy in the [[Royal Regiment of Artillery|Royal Field Artillery]].  Awarded a 'war privilege' MA.  After the war he studied Arabic at the School of Oriental Studies of London University and obtained MA in 1922.  Married Helen Jessie (Ella) same year, one son one daughter.

From 1921 to 1937 Gibb taught Arabic at the School of Oriental Studies and recieved professorship in 1930.  Became an editor of the [[Encyclopedia of Islam]] in this period.  In 1937 Gibb succeeded [[D. S. Margoliouth]] as laudian professor of Arabic at [[St. John's College]] at [[Oxford]], and remained there for 18 years.  Gibb's ''Mohammedanism'', published in 1949, became the basic text used by western students of Islam for a generation.

From 1921 to 1937 Gibb taught Arabic at the School of Oriental Studies and received professorship in 1930.  Became an editor of the [[Encyclopedia of Islam]] in this period.  In 1937 Gibb succeeded [[D. S. Margoliouth]] as laudian professor of Arabic at [[St. John's College]] at [[Oxford]], and remained there for 18 years.  Gibb's ''Mohammedanism'', published in 1949, became the basic text used by western students of Islam for a generation.

1955 Gibb assumed the James Richard Jewett professor of Arabic at [[Harvard]] and also 'university professor', a rare title given to a few scholars 'working on the frontiers of knowledge, and in such a way as to cross the conventional boundaries of the specialties.'  Became director of Harvard's Center For Middle Eastern Studies, and in this capacity he became a leader of the movement in American universities to set up centres of regional studies, bringing together teachers, researchers and students in different disciplines to study the culture and society of a region of the world.

1955 Gibb assumed the James Richard Jewett professor of Arabic at [[Harvard]] and also 'university professor', a rare title given to a few scholars 'working on the frontiers of knowledge, and in such a way as to cross the conventional boundaries of the specialties.'  Became director of Harvard's Center For Middle Eastern Studies, and in this capacity he became a leader of the movement in American universities to set up centres of regional studies, bringing together teachers, researchers and students in different disciplines to study the culture and society of a region of the world.