Background
GIBSON, John Campbell was born in Kingston. Son of Reverend James Gibson, Master of Arts, Doctor of Divinity, Professor of Divinity and Church History in Free Church College, Glasgow.
GIBSON, John Campbell was born in Kingston. Son of Reverend James Gibson, Master of Arts, Doctor of Divinity, Professor of Divinity and Church History in Free Church College, Glasgow.
Studied at Academy and University of Glasgow. United Free Church Theological College. First holder, along with T. Barclay, Tai-nan, of the Thompson (Lord Kelvin) Experimental Scholarship, University of Glasgow, 1869-1872.
Master of Arts (Glasgow).
Doctor of Divinity (Glasgow).
Ordained Missionary of Presbyterian Church of England to China, 1874. Arrived Swatow, 1874. Lecturer on Evangelistic Theology in United Free Church Colleges of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen, 1898-1899.
British Chairman of Protestant Missionary Centenary Conference, Shanghai, 1907.
; Missionary of the Presbyterian Church of England, Swatow, South China.
Spouse 1883, Agnes Gillespie Barclay.