PERSONAL DATA
- Born: 10 March 1941 in Exeter, England
- Nationality: Canadian and British
- Married to Ruth (neé Hornig)
with two children
- Amanda Jean Gilbert and one grandson
- Peter Jay Gilbert and two grandsons
- Ethan Gilbert
- Gavin Gilbert
My parents were the nuclear physicist Charles Walton Gilbert [1910-1983] and Irene (neé Gunn) [1909-1979].
Before the age of six I lived in Exeter, Devonshire, England;
Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire, England; Dorval, Quebec, Canada; and our family was one of the first to live in Deep River, Ontario, Canada.
In 1947 we moved to Cambridge, England and from 1948-1959 I lived in Withington, Manchester, England. After going to Jesus College, Cambridge Universitiy (1959-1962) and Brasenose College, Oxford University (1962-1965), I went for two years to the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, USA.
EDUCATION
EMPLOYMENT
- Programmer 1960 (Summer) IBM (UK), London
- Instructor 1966-1967 University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Assistant Lecturer 1967-1968 University of Hull, Hull, Yorkshire, England
- Assistant Professor 1968-1973 University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Associate Professor 1973-1992 University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Professor 1992-2004 University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Chair of the
Pure Mathematics Department 1995-1999 University of Waterloo
HOBBIES
- Winetasting - member of the International Cellar Society and the Kitchener German Wine Society
- Films (non-Hollywood) - contributor to the Internet Movie Database
TRIVIA
Family Licence Plates
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