Charles Gibb


Charles Gibb - Charles Gibb, horticulturist (b at Montréal 29 July 1845; d at Cairo, Egypt 8 Mar 1890). Poor health led Gibb to seek an outdoor occupation and in 1872 he established extensive orchards at Abbotsford, Qué, to study fruit culture and arboriculture,. He was born on July 29, 1845 in Montreal and died on March 8, 1890 in Cairo.