Gavin Douglas Ruthven Bridson (12 February 1936 - 10 January 2008) was a British bibliographer and librarian.
[1][2][3] Born Manchester 12 February 1936, together with a twin sister Hermione, their parents were the BBC producer D.G.
Later he enrolled at North Devon Technical College where he studied for examinations in biology, botany, zoology and geography.
[1] He moved in 1982 to the Hunt Botanical Institute in Pittsburgh, where he stayed for the rest of his life, as Bibliographer and Principal Research Scholar.
[1] In 1963 he married Diane Sheppard (b 1942); they had one daughter, Stella Ruth (1972).
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh American Plant, Animal and Anatomical Illustrations in Art and Science: A Bibliographical Guide from the 16th Century to the Present Day.
St Paul's Bibliographies Index to scientific names of organisms cited in the Linnaean dissertations, together with a synoptic bibliography of the dissertations and a concordance for selected editions.