Oh no!

Meg

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From: REED-L: Records of Early English Drama Discussion <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Sarah MacLean <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 09 March 2018 18:42:37
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Subject: Re: Jim Gibson, REED Kent editor, RIP

 

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