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<p><b>Henry Wilbraham</b> (25 July 1825 - 13 February 1883) was an English mathematician.  He is known for discovering and explaining the <a href="page.php?w=Gibbs_phenomenon">Gibbs phenomenon</a> nearly fifty years before <a href="page.php?w=J._Willard_Gibbs">J. Willard Gibbs</a> did. Gibbs and <a href="page.php?w=Maxime_B%C3%B4cher">Maxime Bôcher</a>, as well as nearly everyone else, were unaware of Wilbraham's paper on the Gibbs phenomenon.</p>

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<p>Henry Wilbraham was born to George and Lady Anne Wilbraham at <a href="page.php?w=Delamere%2C_Cheshire">Delamere</a>,</p><p>
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