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George Stacey Gibson FLS (20 July 1818 – 11 April 1883), was a British banker, botanist and philanthropist. Early lifeGeorge Stacey Gibson was born in Saffron Walden, Essex on 20 July 1818, the only child of Wyatt George Gibson (1790–1862) and Deborah, daughter of George Stacey of Alton, Hampshire.[1][2][2] CareerThe Gibson family of Saffron Walden owned a brewery, an extensive chain of public houses, a bank and a number of substantial residential properties in the town.[3] As a botanist, Gibson discovered various plants, was made a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1847, and published Flora of Essex.[4] However, after the death of his father had to focus on running the Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, of which he was the sole proprietor. In 1874, he had William Eden Nesfield build a new bank on the east side of the Market Place. It is now a branch of Barclays Bank and Grade II* listed.[5] Personal lifeOn 16 July 1845, he married Elizabeth Tuke, the daughter of Samuel and Priscilla Tuke,[2] and brother of William Murray Tuke. In 1845, and they moved to Hill House, 75 High Street, Saffron Walden.[3] Their only child, Mary Wyatt Gibson was born in Saffron Walden on 19 April 1855. She had had learning difficulties, and lived at Hill House until her death in 1934. After her death, most of the grounds of Hill House were developed for housing, and the family name lives on in Gibson Gardens, Gibson Way and Gibson Close.[3] {{botanist|Gibson}}References1. ^{{cite web|title=Gibson, George Stacey (1818–1883), botanist and philanthropist|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10618|website=ODNB|accessdate=7 August 2015}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Gibson, George Stacey}}2. ^1 {{cite book|author=Joseph Foster|title=The Pedigree of Wilson of High Wray and Kendal and the Families Connected with Them: Comp. from Private Pedigrees and Completed to the Present Time|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VEwWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA110|accessdate=7 August 2015|year=1871|publisher=private circulation|pages=109–110}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|title=GEORGE STACEY GIBSON (1818–1883)|url=http://www.hundredparishes.org.uk/people/detail/george-stacey-gibson|website=Hundred Parishes Society|accessdate=7 August 2015}} 4. ^{{cite book|author=Ray Desmond|title=Dictionary Of British And Irish Botantists And Horticulturalists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=thmPzIltAV8C&pg=PA276|accessdate=7 August 2015|date=25 February 1994|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-0-85066-843-8|page=276}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=History of Saffron Walden Town Library|url=http://www.townlib.org.uk/history4.htm|website=Saffron Walden Town Library|accessdate=7 August 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009172459/http://www.townlib.org.uk/history4.htm|archivedate=9 October 2007|df=}} 9 : 1818 births|1883 deaths|British botanists|British businesspeople|British philanthropists|British Quakers|Fellows of the Linnean Society of London|Gibson family of Saffron Walden|People from Saffron Walden |
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