Wilfred gibson biography of mahatma gandhi

British poet (–)

Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (2 October – 26 May ) was a British Georgian poet, who was associated with World War I but continued publishing poetry into the s and s.

Early work

Gibson was born in Hexham, Northumberland. His parents were Elizabeth Judith Frances (born Walton) and John Pattison Gibson. Her father was a chemist who was interested in photography and antiquarianism.^[1] His elder sister Elizabeth, who became his teacher and mentor, also became a published poet.^[2] He left the north for London in after his mother died.

He had been publishing poems in magazines since , and his first collections in book form were published by Elkin Mathews in His collections of verse plays and dramatic poems The Stonefolds and On The Threshold were published by the Samurai Press (of Cranleigh) in , followed next year by the book of poems, The Web of Life.^[3]

Despite his residence in London, and later in Glouc