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Edward Gibbon

English historian and politician (1737–1794)

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Edward Gibbon

English historian and politician (1737–1794)

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Edward Gibbon was a British essayist, historian and politician. His most important and influential work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1789, to critical and commercial success. It is known for the quality and irony of its prose, its use of primary sources, and its polemical criticism of organised religion.

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Occupation: historian, politician, classical scholar, writer
Position held: Member of Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain
Citizenship: Kingdom of Great Britain
Born: April 27, 1737, May 8, 1737, 1737
Died: January 16, 1794, 1794

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Edward Gibbonfather Judith Portenmother

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empireknown for The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1819 French translationknown for Gibbon - Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain, traduction Guizot, tome 1known for Gibbon - Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain, traduction Guizot, tome 2known for Gibbon - Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain, traduction Guizot, tome 3known for Gibbon - Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain, traduction Guizot, tome 8known for Gibbon - Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain, traduction Guizot, tome 9known for Whigspolitical party Member of Parliament of Great Britainposition held member of the 14th Parliament of Great Britainposition held

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Edward Gibbon: British Member of Parliament (1707-1770)

Edward Gibbon was a British essayist, historian and politician. His most important and influential work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1789, to critical and commercial success. It is known for the quality and irony of its prose, its use of primary sources, and its polemical criticism of organised religion.

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Occupation: historian, politician, classical scholar, writer
Position held: Member of Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain
Citizenship: Kingdom of Great Britain
Born: April 27, 1737, May 8, 1737, 1737
Died: January 16, 1794, 1794

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Edward Gibbonfather Judith Portenmother

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empireknown for The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1819 French translationknown for Gibbon - Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain, traduction Guizot, tome 1known for Gibbon - Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain, traduction Guizot, tome 2known for Gibbon - Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain, traduction Guizot, tome 3known for Gibbon - Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain, traduction Guizot, tome 8known for Gibbon - Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain, traduction Guizot, tome 9known for Whigspolitical party Member of Parliament of Great Britainposition held member of the 14th Parliament of Great Britainposition held