Elias John Wilkinson Gibb

Elias John Wilkinson Gibb (3 June 1857 - 5 December 1901) was a Scottish orientalist.

He did, however, come to be viewed as a sympathetic and talented orientalist, with an excellent library, and was acquainted with Muslim poets and scholars.

His series of volumes on Ottoman poetry is especially noteworthy.

[1] He died 5 December 1901, aged 44 at his residence in London from scarlet fever,[2] and was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.

[1] His name is commemorated in the long running "Gibb Memorial Series" of publications, primarily devoted to the translation of Turkish, Persian, and Arabic texts, funded by the trust established by Jane Gibb (d. 1904), the author's mother.