Background
Gibson, Robert Donald Davidson was born on August 21, 1927 in London. Son of Nicol Aitken and Ann (Campbell) Gibson.
Gibson, Robert Donald Davidson was born on August 21, 1927 in London. Son of Nicol Aitken and Ann (Campbell) Gibson.
Bachelor with honors, King's College, London, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Magdalene College, Cambridge, England, 1953; postgraduate, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, 1953-1954.
Assistant lecturer French, U. St. Andrews, Scotland, 1954-1955; lecturer in French, department chairman, Queen's College, Dundee, Scotland, 1955-1958; lecturer in French, Aberdeen (Scotland) U., 1958-1961; professor French, department chairman, Queens U., Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1961-1965; professor French, department chairman, U. Kent (England) at Canterbury, 1965-1994; professor emeritus, U. Kent (England) at Canterbury, since 1994. Master of Rutherford College, U. Kent, 1966, 85-90.
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Served as flying officer with Royal Air Force, 1948-1950.
Married Sheila Elaine Goldsworthy, December 21, 1953. Children: Ian, Graham, Robin.