Edward Gibbon (may 8, 1737 – jan 16, 1794)
Description:
Gibbon is the author of the most famous work of history in the English language, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. It has been described as a work of “humane skepticism”, and marked Gibbon out as the greatest of the Enlightenment historians. He was also a member of the British parliament.Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gibbon
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Date:
may 8, 1737
jan 16, 1794
~ 56 years
