Edward Gibbon
/ˌedwəd ˈɡɪbən/
/ˌedwərd ˈɡɪbən/
- (1737-94) an English historian and Member of Parliament who spent much of his life writing his main work, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. He is regarded as one of the major thinkers and writers of the Age of Enlightenment in Britain.
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Edward Gibbon