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I am so sorry to hear about Jim! I have many vivid memories of working with him on the Kent collection, and especially of the sense of humour he brought to the task. Abigail On 2018-03-09 1:42 PM, Sarah MacLean wrote: > We are sad to share the unexpected news of the death of Dr James > Gibson, our long-time friend and partner in the REED project. Jim died > peacefully in his sleep on 27 February. The funeral will take place on > Monday 26 March at 10.30am at Holy Cross Church, Church Lane, > Bearsted, Maidstone ME14 4EE. The church is about 10 minutes' walk > from Bearsted Station. It will be a burial with lunch to follow. An > announcement about the funeral arrangements will be made in next > week's editions of the Kent Messenger and Downs Mail. > > Jim Gibson received his B.A. in 1970 from Houghton College and his > M.A. in 1974 and Ph.D. in 1976 from the University of Pennsylvania. He > lectured in English literature and writing at Houghton College, before > going to Kent on sabbatical leave in 1984 to begin researching the > Kent dramatic records for REED. After settling permanently in Kent, he > began work as part-time archivist in 1987 for The Rochester Bridge > Trust, where he catalogued the bridge archive, helped write and edit > the bridge history, Traffic and Politics, and designed the Trust?s > first website. He also catalogued the records and wrote the histories > of The New College of Cobham and the Walthamstow Almshouse and General > Charities. > > For REED, Jim was a much-valued colleague and ongoing collaborator. > His 3-volume Kent: Diocese of Canterbury (2002) was a remarkable > achievement ? some said the size of the whole Kent project was an > impossible task, but Jim, undaunted by the challenge, has been engaged > in completing the Diocese of Rochester records in recent years. We > will remember him with gratitude for his dedication to archival > research, his meticulous editorial skills and his further > contributions to our field in published essays and conference > presentations. We will also recall with fondness his quiet dignity, > his devotion to his two children and his generosity to others. > > If any of you have special memories of Jim, please share them with the > Gibson family at 27 Pine Grove, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 - 2AJ. Or if > preferred, you can e-mail me direct and I will compile memories from > our REED network for his son Nick and daughter Rosie. > > Sally-Beth > > REED Director of Research/General Editor -- Dr Abigail Ann Young 303-45 Carlton St Toronto, ON 416-260-0193 http:/www.chass.utoronto.ca/~young http:/wrestlingwiththebible.ca