Benjamin Ives Gilman was the Secretary of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts from 1893 to 1925.

He was the son of Winthrop Sargent Gilman

Winthrop Sargent Gilman

Winthrop Sargent Gilman was head of the banking house of Gilman, Son & Co. in New York City.-Biography:He was born in Marietta, Ohio to merchant Benjamin Ives Gilman and Hannah Gilman...

, and first worked for the family banking house. Then he returned to college. At the Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...

 he studied as a graduate student under Charles Sanders Peirce. As "B.I. Gilman" he authored a paper published in Peirce's 1883 Studies in Logic. He became an instructor in psychology

Psychology

Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...

 at Clark University

Clark University

Clark University is a private research university and liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts.Founded in 1887, it is the oldest educational institution founded as an all-graduate university. Clark now also educates undergraduates...

, and then curator at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

He was the author of:

• "Operations in Relative Number with Applications to the Theory of Probabilities", Studies in Logic (1883), C. S. Peirce, ed., pp. 107–125. Google Books Eprint. Internet Archive Eprint.
• Manual of Italian Renaissance Sculpture (1904). Google Books Eprint. Internet Archive Eprint.
• Hopi Songs (1908). Google Books Eprint. A Traditional Music Library Eprint (which Website says "circa 1891" but that's when Gilman began his research on the subject). Internet Archive Eprint.
• Museum Ideals of Purpose and Method (1918). Google Books Eprint. Internet Archive Eprints.
• "The Paradox of the Syllogism Solved by Spatial Construction", Mind, New Series, v. 32, n. 125 (Jan., 1923), pp. 38–49 (12 pages). JSTOR Eprint.

New York State Comptroller Theodore P. Gilman

Theodore P. Gilman

Theodore P. Gilman was an American banker and politician.-Life:He was the son of Winthrop Sargent Gilman and Abia Swift Lippincott Gilman. He graduated from Williams College in 1862, where he was a member of The Kappa Alpha Society, and graduated A.M. in 1865. He married Elizabeth Drinker Paxson...

was his brother.