02573cam a22003853u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000380011324500110015126400510016230000470021333600260026033700260028633800360031249000270034850000310037550801350040652011920054153400450173365300550177865300450183365300300187865300830190865300430199165300660203483000270210085600430212799900170217018851UtSlPG20260610133435.0mcr n260607r2006||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPR1 aMorison, James Cotter,d1832-188810aGibbon 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2006  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aEnglish Men of Letters  aRelease date is 2006-07-17  aE-text prepared by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team  a"Gibbon" by James Cotter Morison is a historical biography written in the late 19th century. The book chronicles the early life of Edward Gibbon, the celebrated historian best known for his work "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." It delves into Gibbon's upbringing, education, and formative experiences that shaped his character and intellect, providing an insightful look into the life of one of history's notable figures.  The opening of the biography introduces Edward Gibbon, detailing his challenging childhood marked by illness and instability, alongside his family's complex dynamics and history. Gibbon's early education is highlighted as sporadic and tumultuous due to his health issues, yet it also hints at his emerging passion for historical study. The text describes his eventual recovery as he began to pursue more systematic education at Magdalen College, Oxford, amidst an environment that Gibbon himself would later criticize as lacking in intellectual rigor and discipline. As he navigates his formative years, the groundwork is laid for Gibbon's eventual emergence as a profound thinker and influential historian. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aGreat Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century  aHistorians -- Great Britain -- Biography  aGibbon, Edward, 1737-1794  aGibbon, Edward, 1737-1794. History of the decline and fall of the Roman empire  aScholars -- Great Britain -- Biography  aRome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. -- Historiography 0aEnglish Men of Letters40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18851  c60237d60237