William Gilbert Anderson

William Gilbert Anderson (September 9, 1860 – July 7, 1947) was an American pioneer of physical education, physician and 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. In 1885, he was appointed director of the gymnasium at the Adelphi Academy.

In 1892, he was appointed associate director of Yale University Gymnasium and became its director in 1894.

Publications

Light Gymnastics: A Guide to Systematic Instruction in Physical Training (1890) Methods of Teaching Gymnastics (1896) Anderson's Physical Education: Health and Strength, Grace and Symmetry (1897) The Making of a Perfect Man (1901) Manual of Physical Training (1914)