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Robert W. Gibson

Full Name: Robert Williams Gibson

Architect

Centurion, 1899–1927

born November 17, 1854
Aveley, Essex, England
died August 17, 1927
Woodbury, New York
elected February 4, 1899
Age forty-four
Member portrait of Robert W. Gibson
Member Photograph Albums CollectionAlbum 9, Leaf 18
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Century Memorial

Robert Williams Gibson came to this country from his native England under interesting circumstances. He had won the Soane medallion as an architectural student at London, and was therefore recommended to a New York architect of established repute who had asked for an assistant in certain lines of work better known in England than America. His first task was the Albany Cathedral, in which he achieved at once high rank in his profession. The New York Clearing House, the Greenwich Savings Bank and the Botanical Museum were among his later works. His professional eminence and his good Americanism were recognized by his election twice to the Presidency of the Architectural League.

Alexander Dana Noyes
1928 Century Association Yearbook

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