Gavin Gibb


The Very Rev Prof Gavin Gibb DD was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1817/18. He was also Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Languages at Glasgow University.

Life

He was originally minister of Strathblane, north of Glasgow. He then became minister of St Andrew's Church in Glasgow. The church is now known as St Andrew's in the Square to distinguish it from St Andrew's Cathedral.
In Glasgow he lodged at 13 College Street in 1815.
In 1817 he succeeded Very Rev John Cook as Moderator.