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Gibbs, George (fl. 1634). Of Bath. Surgeon. Brought plants 

 from Virginia, and cultivated 117 exotics. Johnson, ' Mer- 

 curius Botanicus,' 1634. 



Gibson, Alexander (1800-67) : b. Lawrencekirk, Kincardinesh., 

 24 Oct., 1800; d. Bombay, 16 Jan., 1867. M.D. Bdin. ; 

 F.L.S., 1853. Superintendent bot. garden, Dapuri, 1838. 

 Conservator of Forests, Bombay, 1847-60. Edited Hove's 

 Journals, 1855. 'Bombay Flora' (with Dalzell), 1861. 

 Pritz. 121 ; Jacks. 550 ; Proo. Linn. Soc. 1866-7, xxxiii. ; 

 E. S. C. ii. 873 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. xxi. 272. 



Gibson, George Stacey (1818-83) : b Saffron Walden, Essex, 

 20 July, 1818; d. Bishopsgate St., 5 April, 1838; bur. 

 Friends' Burial-ground, Saffron Walden. Banker. F.L.S., 

 1847. Contributed to 'Phytologist.' Correspondent of 

 Watson. Discovered Galium Vaillantii, &c. ' Flora of 

 Essex,' 1862. Herbarium in Saffron Walden Museum. 

 Pritz. 121 ; Jacks. 252 ; E. S. C. ii. 874 ; vii. 770 ; Top. Bot. 

 545 ; Journ. Bot. 1883, 161, with photo, portr. ; Trans. 

 Essex Field Club, iv., with engr. portr. ; Friends' Books, i. 

 838 ; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1882-3, 41 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. xxi. 276. 



Gibson, Jabez M. (1794-1838) : b. Saffron Walden, 11 Dec, 

 1794 ; d. Saffron Walden, 22 Feb., 1838. Uncle to the pre- 

 ceding. Banker. Founder of Saffron Walden Museum. 

 Lexden plants, Loudon, Mag. Nat. Hist. 1834, 17. Phyt. 

 i. 834, ii. 96. Wood's ' Naturalist,' iii. 287. ' Birds of 

 Essex,' 22. 



Gibson, Samuel (1790 ?-1849) : b. 1790 ? ; d. Hebden Bridge, 

 Yorks., 21 May, 1849. Whitesmith, of Hebden Bridge. 

 Entomologist and conchologist. Contributed to ' Phyt.,' 

 Newman's ' Ferns,' Baines' Fl. Yorksh., &c. Herbarium 

 bought by Mark Philips, M.P. Some collections at Peel 

 Park Museum, Salford. Cash, 157 ; E. S. C. ii. 874 ; Proc. 

 Manchester Lit. Phil. Soc. xii. 45 ; ' Leeds Mercury,' 15 

 June, 1889. Carex Gibsoni Bab. 



Gifford, Isabella (1823 ?-91) : b. Swansea, c. 1823 ; d. Minehead, 

 Somerset, 26 Dec, 1891 ; bur. Minehead. Phycologist. 

 ' Marine Botanist,' 1848-53. Somerset plants in Proc. 

 Somerset Archseol. Soc. iv. 117, vi. 131. Tetraspores of 

 Seirospora, Journ. Bot. 1871, 113. Journ. Bot. 1892, 81. 



Gilbert, Davies, ne Giddy (1767-1839) : b. St. Erth, Corn- 

 wall, 6 Mar., 1767 ; d. Oxford, 24 Dec, 1839. M.A. Oxon, 

 1789; D.C.L., 1832; LL.D. Camb., 1832. F.E.S., 1791; 

 President, 1827-31. P.L.S., 1792. M.P. for Helston, 

 1804-32. m. Mary Ann Gilbert, 1806, and took name of 

 Gilbert, 1817. Assisted Withering in his 'Arrangement,' 

 ed. 3. Proc. Linn. Soc. i. 68 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. xxi. 323. 



Gilbert the Englishman (fl. 1250) : Studied in Italy. Physi- 

 cian to Hubert, Archbishop of Canterbury. MSS. ' De re 

 Herbaria,' ' De viribus et medicinis herbarum, arborum, et 

 specierum,' and ' De virtutibus herbarum,' at Bodleian, New 

 College, etc Pult. i. 22 ; Haller, i. 209, and Addend, ii. 658 ; 

 Tanner, Bibl. Brit.-Hib. 474 ; Chaucer, Prologue, 1. 434 ; 



