Edward Gibbon
1737 – 1794 · aged 57
English historian and politician (1737–1794)
- Born
- 8 May 1737 · Putney
- Died
- 16 Jan 1794 · London
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- 8 May 1737BornBorn in Putney
- 1774 – 1784RoleMember of Parliament of Great Britain
- 16 Jan 1794DiedDied in London
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Major world events during their lifetime (1737 – 1794).
- 1756 – 1763Seven Years' War
- c. 1760 – 1840Industrial Revolution
- 1765 – 1783American Revolution
- 1789 – 1799French Revolution
Biography
Edward Gibbon (8 May 1737 – 16 January 1794) 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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