Francis Gibson (16 January 1753 (

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)24 July 1805) was an English writer and occasional painter. Gibson was born and baptised in

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on 16 January 1753. He was the son of Joseph and Mary Gibson. He became a seaman, voyaged to North America, and afterwards, as master mariner in a ship of his father's, to the Baltic. In 1787 he was, on the recommendation of

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, appointed to the collectorship of customs at Whitby, which office he held till his death on 24 July 1805. He was twice married, and had issue.

Notable works

* ''Sailing Directions for the Baltic'', 1791. These are said to have been employed with advantage by the Battle of Copenhagen of 1801 under Sir Hyde Parker and

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. * ''Streanshall Abbey, or the Danish Invasion'', Whitby, 1800. This is a play in five acts, dedicated to Lady Mulgrave. It was first performed at the Whitby Theatre 2 December 1799. It went through two (probably limited) editions in the year of its publication. * ''Memoirs of the Bastile'', a translation of an account published under the sanction of the

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, Whitby, 1802. * ''Poetical Remains'', Whitby, 1807.

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