Palm Beach Post 16 Aug 1987
PALM BEACH FINANCIER DIES
Henry Gibson, 101, famous stamp collector
By Jan Lindsey
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Financier, astronomer and renowed stamp collector Henry C. Gibson, died at his Palm Beach home Friday after a short illness. He was 101.
"He said he well remembers the coming of the light bulb and the landing of a man on the moon, and he said, 'How could anybody live through a more exciting period that that,'" his son, Gregory, said Saturday.
Mr. Gibson earned an advanced degree in Astronomy from the Delancey School of the University of Pennsylvania before serving with the French army and as a first lieutenant in the American expeditionary forces artillery in France in World War I.
He married Letitia Robinson in 1921. She died in Palm Beach in 1984.
Mr. Gibson headed The Commercial Trust in Philadelphia, which later merged with the First Pennsylvania Bank, and he was a partner in the investment banking firm of Stroud & Co.
About 1930, he had the world's 10th largest telescope tucked away in his private observatory north of Philadelphia. He later built an observatory in Palm Beach but in 1965 dismantled the facility and donated two telescopes to the South Florida Science Museum and the University of Miami. He also donated money to the South Florida Science Museum for its observatory.
One of the most famous of U.S. stamp collectors, he had a prize-winning collection of U.S. postal covers and 1847 5-cent and 10-cent U.S. stamps.
Mr. Gibson had wintered in Palm Beach since 1937 and lived here year-round since 1975, when his age forced him to close homes in Jenkintown, Pa., and Bay Head, N.J.
He was a member of the Everglades Club, the Bath and Tennis Club, and the Society of Four Arts in Palm Beach. Elsewhere, he belonged to the Philadelphia Club, the Racquet Club, the Sunnybrook Golf Club, the Huntingdon Valley Country Club, the Corinthian Yacht Club in Philadelphia, and the Bay Head Yacht Club.
Mr Gibson was also a member of a number of astronomical and philatelic organization.
He is survived by three sons: Henry C. Jr. of Palm Beach, James A.R. of Riviera Beach and Gregory L. of Huntingdon Valley, Pa. He had 12 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Palm Beach.
PALM BEACH FINANCIER DIES
Henry Gibson, 101, famous stamp collector
By Jan Lindsey
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Financier, astronomer and renowed stamp collector Henry C. Gibson, died at his Palm Beach home Friday after a short illness. He was 101.
"He said he well remembers the coming of the light bulb and the landing of a man on the moon, and he said, 'How could anybody live through a more exciting period that that,'" his son, Gregory, said Saturday.
Mr. Gibson earned an advanced degree in Astronomy from the Delancey School of the University of Pennsylvania before serving with the French army and as a first lieutenant in the American expeditionary forces artillery in France in World War I.
He married Letitia Robinson in 1921. She died in Palm Beach in 1984.
Mr. Gibson headed The Commercial Trust in Philadelphia, which later merged with the First Pennsylvania Bank, and he was a partner in the investment banking firm of Stroud & Co.
About 1930, he had the world's 10th largest telescope tucked away in his private observatory north of Philadelphia. He later built an observatory in Palm Beach but in 1965 dismantled the facility and donated two telescopes to the South Florida Science Museum and the University of Miami. He also donated money to the South Florida Science Museum for its observatory.
One of the most famous of U.S. stamp collectors, he had a prize-winning collection of U.S. postal covers and 1847 5-cent and 10-cent U.S. stamps.
Mr. Gibson had wintered in Palm Beach since 1937 and lived here year-round since 1975, when his age forced him to close homes in Jenkintown, Pa., and Bay Head, N.J.
He was a member of the Everglades Club, the Bath and Tennis Club, and the Society of Four Arts in Palm Beach. Elsewhere, he belonged to the Philadelphia Club, the Racquet Club, the Sunnybrook Golf Club, the Huntingdon Valley Country Club, the Corinthian Yacht Club in Philadelphia, and the Bay Head Yacht Club.
Mr Gibson was also a member of a number of astronomical and philatelic organization.
He is survived by three sons: Henry C. Jr. of Palm Beach, James A.R. of Riviera Beach and Gregory L. of Huntingdon Valley, Pa. He had 12 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Palm Beach.
Palm Beach Post 16 Aug 1987
PALM BEACH FINANCIER DIES
Henry Gibson, 101, famous stamp collector
By Jan Lindsey
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Financier, astronomer and renowed stamp collector Henry C. Gibson, died at his Palm Beach home Friday after a short illness. He was 101.
"He said he well remembers the coming of the light bulb and the landing of a man on the moon, and he said, 'How could anybody live through a more exciting period that that,'" his son, Gregory, said Saturday.
Mr. Gibson earned an advanced degree in Astronomy from the Delancey School of the University of Pennsylvania before serving with the French army and as a first lieutenant in the American expeditionary forces artillery in France in World War I.
He married Letitia Robinson in 1921. She died in Palm Beach in 1984.
Mr. Gibson headed The Commercial Trust in Philadelphia, which later merged with the First Pennsylvania Bank, and he was a partner in the investment banking firm of Stroud & Co.
About 1930, he had the world's 10th largest telescope tucked away in his private observatory north of Philadelphia. He later built an observatory in Palm Beach but in 1965 dismantled the facility and donated two telescopes to the South Florida Science Museum and the University of Miami. He also donated money to the South Florida Science Museum for its observatory.
One of the most famous of U.S. stamp collectors, he had a prize-winning collection of U.S. postal covers and 1847 5-cent and 10-cent U.S. stamps.
Mr. Gibson had wintered in Palm Beach since 1937 and lived here year-round since 1975, when his age forced him to close homes in Jenkintown, Pa., and Bay Head, N.J.
He was a member of the Everglades Club, the Bath and Tennis Club, and the Society of Four Arts in Palm Beach. Elsewhere, he belonged to the Philadelphia Club, the Racquet Club, the Sunnybrook Golf Club, the Huntingdon Valley Country Club, the Corinthian Yacht Club in Philadelphia, and the Bay Head Yacht Club.
Mr Gibson was also a member of a number of astronomical and philatelic organization.
He is survived by three sons: Henry C. Jr. of Palm Beach, James A.R. of Riviera Beach and Gregory L. of Huntingdon Valley, Pa. He had 12 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Palm Beach.
PALM BEACH FINANCIER DIES
Henry Gibson, 101, famous stamp collector
By Jan Lindsey
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Financier, astronomer and renowed stamp collector Henry C. Gibson, died at his Palm Beach home Friday after a short illness. He was 101.
"He said he well remembers the coming of the light bulb and the landing of a man on the moon, and he said, 'How could anybody live through a more exciting period that that,'" his son, Gregory, said Saturday.
Mr. Gibson earned an advanced degree in Astronomy from the Delancey School of the University of Pennsylvania before serving with the French army and as a first lieutenant in the American expeditionary forces artillery in France in World War I.
He married Letitia Robinson in 1921. She died in Palm Beach in 1984.
Mr. Gibson headed The Commercial Trust in Philadelphia, which later merged with the First Pennsylvania Bank, and he was a partner in the investment banking firm of Stroud & Co.
About 1930, he had the world's 10th largest telescope tucked away in his private observatory north of Philadelphia. He later built an observatory in Palm Beach but in 1965 dismantled the facility and donated two telescopes to the South Florida Science Museum and the University of Miami. He also donated money to the South Florida Science Museum for its observatory.
One of the most famous of U.S. stamp collectors, he had a prize-winning collection of U.S. postal covers and 1847 5-cent and 10-cent U.S. stamps.
Mr. Gibson had wintered in Palm Beach since 1937 and lived here year-round since 1975, when his age forced him to close homes in Jenkintown, Pa., and Bay Head, N.J.
He was a member of the Everglades Club, the Bath and Tennis Club, and the Society of Four Arts in Palm Beach. Elsewhere, he belonged to the Philadelphia Club, the Racquet Club, the Sunnybrook Golf Club, the Huntingdon Valley Country Club, the Corinthian Yacht Club in Philadelphia, and the Bay Head Yacht Club.
Mr Gibson was also a member of a number of astronomical and philatelic organization.
He is survived by three sons: Henry C. Jr. of Palm Beach, James A.R. of Riviera Beach and Gregory L. of Huntingdon Valley, Pa. He had 12 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Palm Beach.
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