I roto i Europe, Gibbs i whakaurua rite te mema honore o te London Mathematical Society i roto i 1892 a kowhiria Foreign Member o te Royal Society i roto i 1897. I whiriwhiria ia hei mema o te kaikawe o te Prussian me French Academies o Pūtaiao, ka riro doctorates honore i te whare wānanga o Dublin, Erlangen, ko Christiania (i teie nei Oslo). whakahonoretia te Royal Society Gibbs i roto i 1901 ki te Copper Medal, ka whakaaro rite te utu nui rawa ao i roto i te pūtaiao tūturu, e kore i riro ia ki te National Academy o Sciences i roto i 1879 ka riro i te 1880 Rumford Prize i te American Academy o Arts me Sciences mo tona mahi i runga i te thermodynamics matū. i whakawhiwhia hoki ia doctorates honore e te Whare Wānanga o Princeton me Williams College. i roto i Europe, Gibbs i whakaurua hei mema honore o te London Mathematical Society i roto i 1892 a kowhiria Foreign Member o te Royal Society i roto i 1897. i whiriwhiria ia hei mema o te kaikawe o
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