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Gibbon, Edward
- An eighteenth-century British historian whose masterpiece The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire was conceived during a tour of Italy while, as Gibbon put it, he “sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol.” Although largely superseded by later scholarship, his work remains a classic of English historical literature.
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Another famous man was born at Putney: Edward Gibbon, the historian.
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The grandfather of Edward Gibbon died in 1736, leaving one son and two daughters.
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Edward Gibbon has told us that diligence and accuracy are the only merits which an historical writer can ascribe to himself.
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Before his graduation from Harvard, he had determined to lead a literary life modelled upon that of Edward Gibbon.
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The autobiography of Edward Gibbon will rouse an ambitious student like the sound of a trumpet.
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