Person
Gibb, Claude Dixon (1898 - 1959)
KBE FRS
- Born
- 29 June 1898
Queenstown, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 15 January, 1959
Newark Airport, New Jersey, United States of America - Occupation
- Mechanical engineer
Summary
Sir Claude Gibb, KBE FRS DSc PhD ME FSASM AMIEAust, was an Australian-born mechanical engineer and business man, who became a leading industrial and defence figure in Britain, noted for his work on steam turbines, weapons and tanks, and for his role in early civil nuclear power.
In 1946 his work was recognised when he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1946 for his original work in research, design, and development of new methods to manufacture steam turbines, and for his work on armaments. He was created a Knight Bachelor in 1945 and Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 1956.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Moxham, Gwenyth C., 'Gibb, Sir Claude (1898-1959), engineer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1996), p. 264. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gibb-sir-claude-10294. Details
Edited Books
- Cumming, D. A.; Moxham, G. C. ed., They built South Australia : engineers, technicians, manufacturers, contractors and their work (Adelaide: D.A. Cumming and G.C Moxham, 1986), 241 pp. "Gibb, Sir Claude Dixon. KCBE FRS DSc PhD ME(Adel) FSASM AMIEAust (1898-1959)" p.71. Details
Journal Articles
- Chapman, Robert William; Gibb, Claude Dixon, 'The stresses in the floors of elevated cylindrical tanks', Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 4 (1925), 33-54, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.632374020765802. Details
- Chapman, Robert William; Gibb, Claude Dixon; Jenkinson, H. G.; Stanley, M. S.; Shepley, A. R.; Rogers, F. S.; Smith, B. A., 'The stresses in the floors of elevated cylindrical tanks (Discussions and communications)', Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 4 (1923), 227-240, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.632541717507125. Details
- Christopher Hinton; C. Hinton, 'Claude Dixon Gibb, 1898-1959', Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, 5 (1) (1960), 87-94, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.1960.0008. Details
- Gibb, Claude Dixon, 'The influence of operating experience on the design and construction of turbines and alternators', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 8 (7) (1936), 241-258. Details
- Gibb, Claude Dixon, 'Report on investigation into the failure of two 100-MW turbo-generators', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 27 (3) (1955), 71-86?. Details
- Gibb, Claude Dixon; Burnett, H. C.; Parsons, R. W.; Wigan, L. J. C.; Smith, A. E., 'The influence of operating experience on the design and construction of turbines and alternators (Discussions and communications)', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 9 (3) (1937), 100-102. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q18917389. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/24420228. Details
- 'Gibb, Sir Claude (1898-19591231)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1772555. Details
Ailie Smith; Ken McInnes
Created: 6 April 2016, Last modified: 3 December 2025