Tony Gibson

Hamilton Bertie Gibson, known as Tony (October 14, 1914 – March 22, 2001) was a psychologist, anarchist, and model for Brylcreem. [cite news |title=A slick coiffure puts one candidate head and shoulders above his rivals |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article580518.ece |work=The Times |date=2005-10-20 |accessdate=2008-02-16 ]

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. [cite news |title=Brylcreem Boy, psychologist, anarchist, and conscientious objector |url=http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/obituaries/2001/0505/01050500111.html |work=The Irish Times |date=2001-05-05 |accessdate=2008-02-16 ]

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. 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. [cite news |first=Donald |last=Rooum |coauthors=Segar, Rufus |title=Tony Gibson: Conscientious objector who became the smooth image of the RAF |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2001/apr/30/guardianobituaries |work=The Guardian |date=2001-04-30 |accessdate=2008-02-16 ]

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* [http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/Encyclopedia/GibsonTony.htm Tony Gibson page] Daily Bleed's Anarchist Encyclopedia