Edward Gibbon FRS (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ b ən/; 8 May 1737 [1 ] – 16 January 1794) was a British essayist, historian and politician. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published in six volumes between 1776…
Gibbon was the only son of Edward Gibbon of Putney and his wife Catherine née Acton. He was educated at Westminster School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge; [3 ] after which he did the Grand Tour.
Edward Gibbon - Historian, Enlightenment, Rome: The first quarto volume of his history, published on February 17, 1776, immediately scored a success that was resounding, if somewhat scandalous because of the last two chapters in which he…
Edward Gibbons [n 1 ] (bapt. 21 March 1568 – in or before July 1650) was an English choirmaster and composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods.