Tony Gibson
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Hamilton Bertie Gibson (14 October 1914 – 22 March 2001), better known as Tony Gibson, was an English
psychologist
, anarchist
, and model. He became known for his objection to Great Britain
's involvement in World War II
and his subsequent imprisonment for being a unregistered conscientious objector.
In 1939, while working as a life model for art students, he was selected to model for Brylcreem
advertisements. During the Battle of Britain
he was depicted wearing an RAF uniform, despite the fact that by then he was in prison as a conscientious objector.
In the 1950s he studied sociology at the London School of Economics
and psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry
, following which he undertook research at the Institute of Criminology in Cambridge
.
During the period at Cambridge, he developed the Spiral Maze, a psychomotor test that was able to distinguish between normal boys and those who were maladjusted or delinquent. This test has also been found to be useful in assessing psychomotor impairment due to drugs .
In 1970 he founded the Psychology Department at Hatfield Polytechnic (now the University of Hertfordshire
) which he headed until 1976. He was the first president of the British Society of Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis.
In 1981 he published a biography of Hans Eysenck
, who he had worked with at the Institute of Psychiatry in London
psychologist
, anarchist
, and model. He became known for his objection to Great Britain
's involvement in World War II
and his subsequent imprisonment for being a unregistered conscientious objector.
In 1939, while working as a life model for art students, he was selected to model for Brylcreem
advertisements. During the Battle of Britain
he was depicted wearing an RAF uniform, despite the fact that by then he was in prison as a conscientious objector.
In the 1950s he studied sociology at the London School of Economics
and psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry
, following which he undertook research at the Institute of Criminology in Cambridge
.
During the period at Cambridge, he developed the Spiral Maze, a psychomotor test that was able to distinguish between normal boys and those who were maladjusted or delinquent. This test has also been found to be useful in assessing psychomotor impairment due to drugs .
In 1970 he founded the Psychology Department at Hatfield Polytechnic (now the University of Hertfordshire
) which he headed until 1976. He was the first president of the British Society of Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis.
In 1981 he published a biography of Hans Eysenck
, who he had worked with at the Institute of Psychiatry in London
psychologist
, anarchist
, and model. He became known for his objection to Great Britain
's involvement in World War II
and his subsequent imprisonment for being a unregistered conscientious objector.
In 1939, while working as a life model for art students, he was selected to model for Brylcreem
advertisements. During the Battle of Britain
he was depicted wearing an RAF uniform, despite the fact that by then he was in prison as a conscientious objector.
In the 1950s he studied sociology at the London School of Economics
and psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry
, following which he undertook research at the Institute of Criminology in Cambridge
.
During the period at Cambridge, he developed the Spiral Maze, a psychomotor test that was able to distinguish between normal boys and those who were maladjusted or delinquent. This test has also been found to be useful in assessing psychomotor impairment due to drugs .
In 1970 he founded the Psychology Department at Hatfield Polytechnic (now the University of Hertfordshire
) which he headed until 1976. He was the first president of the British Society of Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis.
In 1981 he published a biography of Hans Eysenck
, who he had worked with at the Institute of Psychiatry in London
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
psychologist
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
, anarchist
Anarchism
Anarchism is generally defined as the political philosophy which holds the state to be undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, or alternatively as opposing authority in the conduct of human relations...
, and model. He became known for his objection to Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
's involvement in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and his subsequent imprisonment for being a unregistered conscientious objector.
In 1939, while working as a life model for art students, he was selected to model for Brylcreem
Brylcreem
Brylcreem is a brand of hair styling products for men. The first Brylcreem product was a pomade created in 1928 by County Chemicals at the Chemico Works in Bradford Street, Birmingham, England. The pomade is an emulsion of water and mineral oil stabilised with beeswax.Beecham was the longtime...
advertisements. During the Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain is the name given to the World War II air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940...
he was depicted wearing an RAF uniform, despite the fact that by then he was in prison as a conscientious objector.
In the 1950s he studied sociology at the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
and psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry
Institute of Psychiatry
The Institute of Psychiatry is a research institution dedicated to discovering what causes mental illness and diseases of the brain. In addition, its aim is to help identify new treatments for them and ways to prevent them in the first place...
, following which he undertook research at the Institute of Criminology in Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
.
During the period at Cambridge, he developed the Spiral Maze, a psychomotor test that was able to distinguish between normal boys and those who were maladjusted or delinquent. This test has also been found to be useful in assessing psychomotor impairment due to drugs .
In 1970 he founded the Psychology Department at Hatfield Polytechnic (now the University of Hertfordshire
University of Hertfordshire
The University of Hertfordshire is a new university based largely in Hatfield, in the county of Hertfordshire, England, from which the university takes its name. It has more than 27,500 students, over 2500 staff, with a turnover of over £181m...
) which he headed until 1976. He was the first president of the British Society of Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis.
In 1981 he published a biography of Hans Eysenck
Hans Eysenck
Hans Jürgen Eysenck was a German-British psychologist who spent most of his career in Britain, best remembered for his work on intelligence and personality, though he worked in a wide range of areas...
, who he had worked with at the Institute of Psychiatry in London
External links
Hamilton Bertie Gibson (14 October 1914 – 22 March 2001), better known as Tony Gibson, was an EnglishEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
psychologist
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
, anarchist
Anarchism
Anarchism is generally defined as the political philosophy which holds the state to be undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, or alternatively as opposing authority in the conduct of human relations...
, and model. He became known for his objection to Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
's involvement in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and his subsequent imprisonment for being a unregistered conscientious objector.
In 1939, while working as a life model for art students, he was selected to model for Brylcreem
Brylcreem
Brylcreem is a brand of hair styling products for men. The first Brylcreem product was a pomade created in 1928 by County Chemicals at the Chemico Works in Bradford Street, Birmingham, England. The pomade is an emulsion of water and mineral oil stabilised with beeswax.Beecham was the longtime...
advertisements. During the Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain is the name given to the World War II air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940...
he was depicted wearing an RAF uniform, despite the fact that by then he was in prison as a conscientious objector.
In the 1950s he studied sociology at the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
and psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry
Institute of Psychiatry
The Institute of Psychiatry is a research institution dedicated to discovering what causes mental illness and diseases of the brain. In addition, its aim is to help identify new treatments for them and ways to prevent them in the first place...
, following which he undertook research at the Institute of Criminology in Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
.
During the period at Cambridge, he developed the Spiral Maze, a psychomotor test that was able to distinguish between normal boys and those who were maladjusted or delinquent. This test has also been found to be useful in assessing psychomotor impairment due to drugs .
In 1970 he founded the Psychology Department at Hatfield Polytechnic (now the University of Hertfordshire
University of Hertfordshire
The University of Hertfordshire is a new university based largely in Hatfield, in the county of Hertfordshire, England, from which the university takes its name. It has more than 27,500 students, over 2500 staff, with a turnover of over £181m...
) which he headed until 1976. He was the first president of the British Society of Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis.
In 1981 he published a biography of Hans Eysenck
Hans Eysenck
Hans Jürgen Eysenck was a German-British psychologist who spent most of his career in Britain, best remembered for his work on intelligence and personality, though he worked in a wide range of areas...
, who he had worked with at the Institute of Psychiatry in London
External links
Hamilton Bertie Gibson (14 October 1914 – 22 March 2001), better known as Tony Gibson, was an EnglishEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
psychologist
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
, anarchist
Anarchism
Anarchism is generally defined as the political philosophy which holds the state to be undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, or alternatively as opposing authority in the conduct of human relations...
, and model. He became known for his objection to Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
's involvement in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and his subsequent imprisonment for being a unregistered conscientious objector.
In 1939, while working as a life model for art students, he was selected to model for Brylcreem
Brylcreem
Brylcreem is a brand of hair styling products for men. The first Brylcreem product was a pomade created in 1928 by County Chemicals at the Chemico Works in Bradford Street, Birmingham, England. The pomade is an emulsion of water and mineral oil stabilised with beeswax.Beecham was the longtime...
advertisements. During the Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain is the name given to the World War II air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940...
he was depicted wearing an RAF uniform, despite the fact that by then he was in prison as a conscientious objector.
In the 1950s he studied sociology at the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
and psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry
Institute of Psychiatry
The Institute of Psychiatry is a research institution dedicated to discovering what causes mental illness and diseases of the brain. In addition, its aim is to help identify new treatments for them and ways to prevent them in the first place...
, following which he undertook research at the Institute of Criminology in Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
.
During the period at Cambridge, he developed the Spiral Maze, a psychomotor test that was able to distinguish between normal boys and those who were maladjusted or delinquent. This test has also been found to be useful in assessing psychomotor impairment due to drugs .
In 1970 he founded the Psychology Department at Hatfield Polytechnic (now the University of Hertfordshire
University of Hertfordshire
The University of Hertfordshire is a new university based largely in Hatfield, in the county of Hertfordshire, England, from which the university takes its name. It has more than 27,500 students, over 2500 staff, with a turnover of over £181m...
) which he headed until 1976. He was the first president of the British Society of Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis.
In 1981 he published a biography of Hans Eysenck
Hans Eysenck
Hans Jürgen Eysenck was a German-British psychologist who spent most of his career in Britain, best remembered for his work on intelligence and personality, though he worked in a wide range of areas...
, who he had worked with at the Institute of Psychiatry in London
External links
- Tony Gibson page Daily Bleed's Anarchist Encyclopedia
- Michael Heap's memoir of Tony Gibson