John Gibson (songwriter)

John Gibson of Newcastle (lived ca. 1812) was a Tyneside poet/song writer. According to the information given by John Bell, his Rhymes of Northern Bards published in 1812 has the short song (or poem) “The Tyne” attributed to “J Gibson”. The song appears on pages 11 and 12 and is not written in Geordie dialect.

The same song, “The Tyne” appears again on page 85 of The Tyne Songster, published by W & T Fordyce of Newcastle in 1840; under the name of “John Gibson.”

Another song, "Nanny of the Tyne" appears in The Tyne Songster, 1840, attributed to "Gibson" (with no Christian name). This same song appears on page 17 of Volume 7 of The Songs of the Tyne produced by John Ross c. 1846, but it is not attributed there to any writer. According to the information given by Bell in his Rhymes of Northern Bards published in 1812, “Nanny of the Tyne” is attributed to J. M. Wedderburn and was set to music by J. Aldridge (Junior) of Newcastle.

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John Gibson (police officer)

John Michael Gibson (March 29, 1956 – July 24, 1998) was a United States Capitol Police detective assigned to the dignitary protection detail of Congressman Tom DeLay. Gibson was one of two police officers killed inside the United States Capitol during a 1998 shooting rampage.

Personal life

Gibson was a native of Boston, Massachusetts. His wife, Lynn, was the niece of Representative Joe Moakley, a Democrat from Massachusetts. The couple had three children, a daughter and two boys.

Gibson was sworn in as a police officer in 1980. He worked for the United States Capitol Police in Washington, D.C., and was a resident of Woodbridge, Virginia.

Shooting incident

On July 24, 1998, shooting suspect Russell Eugene Weston Jr. entered the United States Capitol. He shot and killed Officer Jacob Chestnut outside Representative Tom Delay's congressional office. Gibson confronted the suspect and was also shot. Despite being mortally wounded, Gibson was able to return fire and wounded the suspect.