Robert John Harvey Gibson CBE FRSE FLS DL JP (1860–1929) was a Scottish botanist and academic author.
He was born on 2 November 1860, the son of Rev Robert Gibson of the Scottish Episcopal Church.
In 1885 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his proposers were William Abbott Herdman, Sir John Murray, James Geikie and Patrick Geddes.
He resigned in 1894 and was re-elected in 1914 his proposers wereWilliam Abbott Herdman, Frederick Orpen Bower, James Geikie and Cargill Gilston Knott.
He retired in 1921 and spent time in both Grasmere and Leamington before settling in Glasgow.