John Gibson b.1718/9

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John GIBSON b.1718/9

Biographical Note

Son of John Gibson of Oxford, doctor. BA Pembroke College, Oxford 1738, BCL All Souls College 1743; his subsequent career has not been traced.

Books

Gibson used an engraved armorial bookplate, made when he was at All Souls (Franks 11855); the extent and disposition of his library is not known.

Sources

  • Foster, J., Alumni Oxonienses, Oxford, 1891.
  • Gambier Howe, E. R. J., Franks bequest. Catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed ... by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks, London, 1903-4.