John Gibson (editor and journalist)
Sir John Gibson (1841- 1915) was a journalist who spent most of his career at Aberystwyth as editor of the Cambrian News.
Gibson was born in Lancaster on 14 February 1841, the son of a hatter.[1] Around 1863 he joined the Oswestry Advertiser as a printer and began to write for the paper.[1] For the next ten years he apprears to have worked as a journalist in various places in Wales and the English border counties.
In September 1873, he became the manager and editor of the Cambrian News at Aberystwyth.[1] The newspaper had been established in the wake of the 1868 General Elections and its early editions had focused on allegations of evictions at the 1868 General Election in Wales. In 1880, a consortium built up by Gibson purchased the Cambrian News and for the next thirty years it became one of the most influential weekly newspapers in Wales.[1] This owed much to Gibson's personality and independent views.
Gibson was knighted in 1915 and died on 16 July the same year.[1]