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Charles Edmund Gibson

Charles Edmund Gibson (16 December 1916 -)

A children's book writer.

Charles E. Gibson was born 16 December 1916, West Derby, England the son of
Samuel Gibson and Sarah Hannah Townley. He was educated at Wandsworth Training College, London. He now lives in Shoreham-by-Sea in Sussex.

His literary agent was A. M. Heath and Company Limited (79 St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4RE, England).

Publications

  • The Story of the Ship (1948)
  • The Secret Tunnel (1948)
  • Wandering Beasties (1960)
  • The Clash of Fleets (1961)
  • Knots and Spices (1962)
  • Plain Sailing (1963)
  • Darling Prows (1963)
  • Be Your Own Weatherman (1963)
  • The Two Olafs of Norway (1964)
  • With a Cross on Their Shields (1964)
  • The Ship with Five Names (1965)
  • Knots and Spices (1979)
  • Death of a Phantom Raider (1987)
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  • Cover of: Handbook of knots and splices, and other work with hempen and wire ropes
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    First published in 1963 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Radiance temperature calibrations

    First published in 1998 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1963 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The two Olafs of Norway: with a cross on their shields

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  • Cover of: Wandering beauties: the story of sail.

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  • Cover of: The story of the ship from earliest days to the present.

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  • Cover of: Knots and splices: a comprehensive guide to rope and lines

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Subjects

History, Brightness temperature, Calibration, Discoveries in geography, Doggerbank (Minelayer), Doggerbank (Ship), German Naval operations, Juvenile literature, Knots and splices, Naval History, Naval battles, Naval history, Navigation, Pyrometers, Sailing ships, Shipbuilding, Voyages and travels, Weather forecasting, World War, 1939-1945, bight, clove hitch, eye splice, follow round, hempen rope, knot

Places

Norway

People

Olav I Trygveson King of Norway (968-1000), Olav II King of Norway (995-1030)

Time

To 1030

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  • OLID: OL2022413A

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Alternative names

  • Charles Gibson
  • Charles E. Gibson

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