Famous People with Name Josiah

Josiah Magama Tongogara            Origin/Culture/Country: Zimbabwe

Josiah Magama Tongogara: was a commander of the ZANLA guerrilla army in Rhodesia. He attended the Lancaster House conference that led to Zimbabwe's independence and the end of white minority rule. Many expected him to be the first president of Zimbabwe, with Robert Mugabe, head of Zanla's political wing, ZANU, as prime minister.

Josiah Barratt            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Josiah Barratt: was an English professional footballer who played as a winger for various clubs in the 1920s. Barratt was born in Bulkington, Warwickshire and played his early football with local side Nuneaton Town. During the First World War he served with the Royal Berkshire Regiment and was a guest player for Leicester Fosse, Birmingham and Southampton.

Josiah Willard Gibbs            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Josiah Willard Gibbs: was an American theoretical physicist, chemist, and mathematician. One of the greatest American scientists of all time, he devised much of the theoretical foundation for chemical thermodynamics as well as physical chemistry. As a mathematician, he invented vector analysis (independently of Oliver Heaviside). It is in good part thanks to Gibbs that much of physical and chemical theory has since been exposited using vector analysis. Yale University awarded Gibbs the first American Ph.D. in engineering in 1863, and he spent his entire career at Yale.[1] His thesis was entitled: On the Form of the Teeth of Wheels in Spur Gearing.

Josiah Dwight Whitney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Josiah Dwight Whitney: was an American geologist, professor of geology at Harvard University (from 1865), and chief of the California Geological Survey (1860–1874).In 1860 he was appointed the state geologist for California and was instructed by the legislature to undertake a comprehensive geologic survey of the state. To carry out the California Geological Survey, he organized an eminent, multi-disciplinary team, including William H. Brewer, James Graham Cooper, William More Gabb, Charles F. Hoffmann, and Clarence King. They began a survey that covered not only geology and geography, but also botany, zoology, and paleontology. Although significant progress was made, Whitney made a tactical error by first publishing two volumes on paleontology when the legislators were clamoring for information about gold. Whitney argued that the survey should do more than simply serve as a prospecting party

Josiah Bartlett            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Josiah Bartlett: was an American physician and statesman, delegate to the Continental Congress for New Hampshire, and signatory of the Declaration of Independence. He was later Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature and Governor of the state.