William Gilbert Anderson

William Gilbert Anderson (September 9, 1860 - July 7, 1947)[1] was an American pioneer of physical education, physician and writer.

William Gilbert Anderson
BornSeptember 9, 1860
St. Joseph, Michigan
DiedJuly 7, 1947
OccupationPhysician, writer

Anderson was born in St. Joseph, Michigan. He was educated at Amherst College and the University of Wisconsin. He studied at Cleveland Medical College and received his M.D. in 1883.[1] From 1883-1892 he worked as a physician at the Adelphi Academy and directed the Brooklyn Normal School for Physical Education (1885-1892).[2] In 1885, he was appointed director of the gymnasium at the Adelphi Academy.[3]

In 1892, he was appointed associate director of Yale University Gymnasium and became its director in 1894.[2] He was the director of physical education at Yale University (1894-1930). He organized the College Physical Education Association in 1897.[1]

Anderson was an organizer for the American Association for the Advancement of Physical Education, founded in 1885.[2] His Normal School of Gymnastics in New Haven, Connecticut became Arnold College and is part of the University of Bridgeport.[1]

Publications

References
  1. Ohles, John F. (1978). Biographical Dictionary of American Educators. Greenwood Press. pp. 37-38. ISBN 0-8371-9894-1
  2. Hoolihan, Christopher. (2008). An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform, Volume 3. University of Rochester Press. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-58046-284-6
  3. Kiphuth, R. J. H. (1948). In Memoriam William Gilbert Anderson 1860–1947. The Journal of Health and Physical Education 19 (1): 31.


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