Jack Gibson (schoolmaster)
Jack Gibson Mountaineer | |
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Known for | Schoolmaster at The Doon School Headmaster of Mayo College |
John Travers Mends Gibson
Early life and career
Gibson was the son of naval officer Charles Gibson and Emmeline Mary Fletcher and was born on 3 March 1908. He studied at Mowden Preparatory School in Brighton before he was sent in 1921 to
He applied to Doon and was offered the post of a housemaster. He joined Doon in January 1937 as the housemaster of Kashmir House.
Mountaineering career highlights
- 1937 – Gibson along with his Doon School colleague John Martyn reached the Bandarpunch summit ridge for the first time, with Tenzing Norgay, who later became the first man to climb Mount Everest. In Tenzing's autobiography, he mentions Gibson several times as "my old friend Mr. Gibson".[1][8]
- 1946 – Gibson was a member of the mountaineering enthusiasts at Doon along with
- 1970-1973- Gibson served as President of the Indian mountaineering club called the Himalayan Club.Alpine Club.
Honours and distinctions
Gibson was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1960, and in 1965 received Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award in India, from the Government of India for his contributions towards education.[10][11] It was a rare achievement to have been honoured by both the governments.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "In Memoriam". Himalayan Club. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ Laeeq Futehally, The Last Englishman: The Life and Times of Jack Gibson (London: Hachette, 10 September 2015), p. 34
- ^ "Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation" (PDF). Rmaf.org.ph. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
- ^ "Remembering Jack Gibson". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ "Does India Need The 'Old School Tie'" (PDF). Jtmgibson.typepad.com. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- ^ "A Man of Principle : Jack Gibson, guiding light to generations of Mayo College boys, passes away" (PDF). Jtmgibson.typepad.com. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ^ "Made in Mayo" (PDF). Mayocollege.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ^ Norkey, Tenzing; Ullman, James Ramsey; Stursberg, Otto (1955). "Man of Everest: the autobiography of Tenzing – Tenzing Norkey, James Ramsey Ullman – Google Books". Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ Geoffrey Templman. "In Memoriam" (PDF). Alpinejoournal.org.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ^ "In Memoriam". Himalayan Club. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ^ "Supplement to the London Gazette : 31 December 1960" (PDF). London-gazette.co.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
Further reading
- An Indian Englishman by Jack Gibson, ISBN 978-1-4357-3461-6
- As I Saw It : Record of a Crowded Life in India 1937-1969, by JTM Gibson. Memoirs. Published by Mukul Prakashan, J-2 Kailash Colony, New Delhi. 1976.The book was later edited and abridged under the title 'An Indian Englishman'. See above.
- As We Saw It. Mayo Old Boys' Letters. Compiled by JTM Gibson. 1991. Published by Mayo College Old Boys Association, New Delhi. Printed by Gayatri Offset Press, Noida U.P. India.
- Martyn Sahib, the story of John Martyn of the Doon School, by Mady Martin, University of California Press, 1985.
- For Hills To Climb by Gurdial Singh and Nalni Dhar, The Doon School Old Boys' Society, 2001.
- Doon, The Story of a School, IPSS (1985) edited by Sumer Singh, published by the Indian Public Schools Society 1985.
- Constructing Post-Colonial India: National Character and the Doon School by Sanjay Srivastva, published by ISBN 0-203-98027-1.
- Chhota Hazri Days: A Dosco's Yatra by Sanjiv Bathla, ISBN 978-81-291-1694-9.
- The Corporeal Image by David McDougall, ISBN 978-0-691-12156-7.
- The Last Englishman: The Life & Times of Jack Gibson, by Laeek Futehally. Published by Hachette India Local, 2015. ISBN 978-9350099674.