Alan Gibson (bishop) explained

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]}

Notes and References

1. News: The Coadjutor Bishop Of Cape Town . 6 October 1894 . 2015-10-16 . . subscription . Southampton . 2 . 5042 .
2. Web site: rev-william-gibson.co.uk – the genealogy associated with Reverend William Gibson 1804-1862 . 2019-09-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120209174612/http://www.rev-william-gibson.co.uk/genealogy.php . 2012-02-09 . dead .
3. News: Ordination At Lincoln . Nottinghamshire Guardian . 17 June 1881 . 2015-10-16 . . subscription. 6 col B. 1882 .
4. Web site: Burgh Le Marsh . 2014-01-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202160227/http://www.burghlemarsh.info/churches/StPaulsCollege.htm . 2014-02-02 . dead .
5. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
6. [British Library]
7. Bishop Alan Gibson The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Oct 25, 1922; pg. 14; Issue 43171
8. News: Death Of Bishop Alan Gibson. Brother Of The Bishop Gloucester The Right Rev Alan George Sumner Gibson. Gloucester Journal. 28 October 1922. 2015-10-16. British Newspaper Archive. subscription. 7.