Sidney D. Gamble, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Sidney D. Gamble

American photographer

Date of Birth: 12-Jul-1890

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: photographer, sociologist

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Sidney D.
Gamble (July 12, 1890 – 1968) was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to David Berry and Mary Huggins Gamble; grandson of James Gamble, who, with William Procter, founded Procter & Gamble in 1837.
in 1912 he graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Literature degree and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
He visited China for four extended periods, 1908, 1917–1919, 1924–27, and 1931–1932, doing Christian social work for the Y.M.C.A and conducting social surveys.
He is now best known for his remarkable and extensive photographs of Peking and North China.At his death he left his widow, the former Elizabeth Lowe, four children, Catherine, Louise, David, and Anne, and ten grandchildren.
His daughter, Catherine G.
Curran, in 1986 established the Sidney D.
Gamble Foundation, and the Sidney D.
Gamble Lectures are given annually in Pasadena, California.