Gibbon, Edward(1737–1794)
Edward Gibbon, the English historian and man of letters, was born at Putney, Surrey, of a well-to-do family. Frail and constantly ill, the child owed the preservation ...
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The English historian Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) wrote "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." Although superseded in part as history, this work is still read for its clarity, accuracy, and brillia...
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Edward Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-1788) is generally acknowledged to be the best narrative history ever written in English, and it is arguably among the two or...
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Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794)
Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon
