Alan George Sumner Gibson was
Coadjutor Bishop
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The coa ...
of
Cape Town
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from 1894
to 1906.
Early life
He was born in 1856 to William Gibson (1804–1862),
Rector of
Fawley,
and Louisanna Sumner (1817-1899), daughter of
Charles Sumner
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, Bishop of Winchester. He was educated at
Haileybury and
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
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and
ordained
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in 1881.
Clerical career
He was
vice-principal
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of St Paul
Burgh Missionary College then
curate
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of
Croft, Lincolnshire
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. He was the
incumbent
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of
Umtata Pro-Cathedral from 1882 to 1884;
Missionary
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at
Dalindyebo Dalindyebo is a South African surname that may refer to
* Sabata Dalindyebo (1928–1986), South African royalty, descendant of Ngubengcuka
* Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo (born 1964), South African royalty, descendant of Ngubengcuka
Ngubengcuka Aa! Nda ...
from 1884 to 1893;
Canon
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of
Umtata
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from 1885 to 1894;
Archdeacon
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of
Kokstad
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from 1886 to 1891; 91;
Diocesan
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History
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Secretary
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from 1892 to 1894;
rector of
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* Claremont, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth
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from 1894 to 1897; and
Canon
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Arts and entertainment
* Canon (fiction), the material accepted as officially written by an author or an ascribed author
* Literary canon, an accepted body of works considered as high culture
** Western canon, th ...
of
St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town
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from 1895 to 1906.
Works
Gibson was a prolific author; amongst others he wrote:
*''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.
[Bishop Alan Gibson ]The Times
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), Wednesday, Oct 25, 1922; pg. 14; Issue 43171
References
1856 births
1922 deaths
People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College
Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Anglican archdeacons in Africa
20th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops
People from Kokstad
Anglican bishops of Cape Town
19th-century Anglican theologians
20th-century Anglican theologians
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