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Alan Gibson (bishop)

Alan Gibson (bishop)

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Alan George Sumner Gibson was Coadjutor Bishop of Cape Town from 1894[1] to 1906.

Early life

He was born in 1856 to William Gibson (1804–1862), Rector of Fawley,[2] and Louisanna Sumner (1817-1899), daughter of Charles Sumner, Bishop of Winchester. He was educated at Haileybury and Corpus Christi College, Oxford and ordained in 1881.[3]

Clerical career

He was vice-principal of St Paul Burgh Missionary College[4] then curate of Croft, Lincolnshire. He was the incumbent of Umtata Pro-Cathedral from 1882 to 1884; Missionary at Dalindyebo from 1884 to 1893; Canon of Umtata from 1885 to 1894; Archdeacon of Kokstad from 1886 to 1891; 91; Diocesan Secretary from 1892 to 1894; rector of Claremont from 1894 to 1897; and Canon of St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town from 1895 to 1906.[5]

Works

Gibson was a prolific author; amongst others he wrote:[6]

  • Intloko Zentshumayelo (Kaffir Sermon Sketches), 1890;
  • Eight Years in Kaffraria, 1891;
  • Some Thoughts on Missionary Work and Life, 1894;
  • Sermon Sketches for a Year, 1898;
  • Between Cape Town and Loanda, 1905;
  • Translations from the Organon of Aristotle, 1877;
  • Reminiscences of the Pondomisi War, 1900; and
  • Sketches of Church Work and Life in the Diocese of Cape Town, 1901;

Gibson died on 20 October 1922.[7][8]

References

  1. [1]
    "The Coadjutor Bishop Of Cape Town". No. 5042. Southampton. 6 October 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 16 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. [2]
    "rev-william-gibson.co.uk – the genealogy associated with Reverend William Gibson 1804-1862". Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Ordination At Lincoln". Nottinghamshire Guardian. No. 1882. 17 June 1881. p. 6 col B. Retrieved 16 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. [4]
    "Burgh Le Marsh". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  5. [5]
    Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p546: London, Horace Cox, 1908
  6. [6]
    British Library web site accessed 12:48 GMT Sunday 19 January 2014
  7. [7]
    Bishop Alan Gibson The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Oct 25, 1922; pg. 14; Issue 43171
  8. [8]
    "Death Of Bishop Alan Gibson. Brother Of The Bishop Gloucester The Right Rev Alan George Sumner Gibson". Gloucester Journal. 28 October 1922. p. 7. Retrieved 16 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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