Edward Gibbon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edward Gibbon

English historian and Member of Parliament

Date of Birth: 27-Apr-1737

Place of Birth: Putney, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 16-Jan-1794

Profession: politician, historian, classical scholar

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Edward Gibbon (; 8 May 1737 – 16 January 1794) was an English historian, writer and Member of Parliament.
His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788 and is known for the quality and irony of its prose, its use of primary sources, and its polemical criticism of organised religion.



Alternative names	Sir Joshua Reynolds
Description	British painter
Date of birth/death	16 July 1723	23 February 1792
Location of birth/death	Plympton	London
Work location	London, Plympton, Italy
Authority control	: Q194402 VIAF: 27081216 ISNI: 0000 0001 0881 5237 ULAN: 500004539 LCCN: n84168483 NLA: 35449606 WorldCat