Who's Who in the Far East/GIBSON,. Rev. John Campbell
GIBSON, Rev. John Campbell (SWATOW), M.A., Glas., D.D., Glas.; Clergyman; b. Jan. 10, 1849, at Kingston, Glasgow, s. of Rev. James Gibson, M.A., D.D., Professor of Theology in Free Church College, Glasgow; m. 1883. Educ.: Glasgow Academy; University of Glasgow; United Free Church Theological College, Glasgow; first holder (with T. Birclay, Tai-uan) of Thomson ( Lord Kelvin ) Experimental Scholarship, University of Glasgow, 1839 to 1872. Ordained Missionary of Presbyterian Church of England to China, 1874. Arrived Swatow, Nov. 20 1874; lecturer on Evangelistic Theology in United Free Church Colleges of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen, 1893-93. Publications:" The Number of Readers in China," 1837;" Learning to Reid in South China," 1888: "A Swatow Index to the Syllabic Dictionary of Chinese," 1886;" Mission Problems and Mission Methods in South China," 1901; in collabai'atwu with others: Translations of Books of the Old Testament, and the whole of the New in Swatow Dialect in Roman letter; the New Testament in Easy Classical Chinese; In collaboration with T. Barclay, Paper on "Measurements of Specific Inductive Capacity of Dielectrics," in Transactions of Royal Society, London, read Feb. 2, 1871. Address: Swatow, Caina; Kirnau, Bearsden, Scotland.