<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gisborne" class="extiw" title="w:Thomas Gisborne">w:Thomas Gisborne</a> was born at Bridge Gate, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbyshire" class="extiw" title="w:Derbyshire">Derbyshire</a>, the son of John Gisborne of Yoxhall Lodge in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Needwood_Forest" class="extiw" title="w:Needwood Forest">Needwood Forest</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Staffordshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a> and his wife Anne Bateman. He was educated at <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harrow_School&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Harrow School (page does not exist)">Harrow</a> and entered St John's College, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">Cambridge</a> in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/1776" title="1776">1776</a>, where he established life-long friendships with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wilberforce" class="extiw" title="w:William Wilberforce">w:William Wilberforce</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Babington" class="extiw" title="w:Thomas Babington">w:Thomas Babington</a>. This is a modified clip from the Joseph Wright painting
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Joseph_Wright_of_Derby" class="extiw" title="w:en:Joseph Wright of Derby"><span title="18th-century British painter (1734-1797)">Joseph Wright of Derby</span></a>
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1786<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1786-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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