1934 - 2023 (89 years)
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| Name |
Peter McCausland Gibbs |
| Birth |
30 Sep 1934 |
Salisbury, Rhodesia  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
Chlorakas, Paphos, Cyprus |
| Death |
30 Sep 2023 |
Cyprus |
| Burial |
6 Oct 2023 |
St. Nicholas Church, Chlorakas, Paphos, Cyprus |
| Notes |
- 3rd son. Educated at Diocesan College, Cape Town 1945-52; Keble College, Oxford (BA Hons, Geology) 1953-56; University College London., 1959-60 (Diploma Land Survey), and 1968-69 (M.Sc. Photogrammetry).
1977 Fellow Royal Institute Chartered Surveyors. 1978-9 Member Watt Committee on Energy Working Party. In 1953, aged 18, accompanied by an 18-year old companion, was first known to navigate Orange River from source to mouth. 1956-59 Member of Falkland Islands Dependencies Surveys; Base Leader Stonington Island. Awarded Polar Medal. Surveyed for H.M. Govt. in Zambia (1960-62), in Botswana (1963-65), Ghana (1965-67).
1969-77 with Ordnance Survey. 1977-79 with firm of Commercial Surveyors. 1979 started private survey practice in Edinburgh.
Interests: Walking, skiing, gardening, renewable energy resources. Member Photogrammetric Society, London; Cartographic Society.
Clubs: New (Edinburgh); Achilles; Antarctic (London).
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| Person ID |
I253 |
Gibbs Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
17 Oct 2023 |
| Father |
Rev Michael McCausland Gibbs, b. 1 Sep 1900, Banbury Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire d. 27 Jul 1962, Chester, Cheshire (Age 61 years) |
| Mother |
Edith Marjorie Ward, b. 25 Sep 1898, Kensington, London d. 18 Oct 1968, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire (Age 70 years) |
| Marriage |
4 Aug 1926 |
Long Wittenham, Berkshire |
| Family ID |
F74 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Gibbs Family Tree
