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Darwin Correspondence Project

William Henry Kinnaird Gibbons

1802–73

Son of John and Helen Gordon Gibbons. Attended Oswestry School and Christ’s College, Cambridge. Resided in Harley, Shropshire, then East Grinstead, Sussex, and London.

Sources

Alum. Cantab.

Correspondence vol. 15, letter from W. H. K. Gibbons, 7 February 1867

England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–95 (Ancestry.co.uk, accessed 5 September 2019)

Deirdre Haxton, personal communication

Bibliography

Alum. Cantab.: Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900. Compiled by John Venn and J. A. Venn. 10 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1922–54.

Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.

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