In April 1865 William Bolger Gibbs (1834-1925) of Talford Road, Peckham purchased a 4 inch telescope from Thomas Cooke & Sons York, a little later he purchased a 5.5 inch refractor which he housed in an observatory, I cannot say if this was a Cooke telescope or not.
He was described as the “Father of the London Stock Exchange” but apart from his business he loved science and in particular astronomy.
He was friends with his near neighbour James Buckingham of Walworth who owned the 21 inch refracting telescope.
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