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100 1 _aMorison, James Cotter,
_d1832-1888
245 1 0 _aGibbon
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2006
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aEnglish Men of Letters
500 _aRelease date is 2006-07-17
508 _aE-text prepared by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
520 _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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aGreat Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
653 _aHistorians -- Great Britain -- Biography
653 _aGibbon, Edward, 1737-1794
653 _aGibbon, Edward, 1737-1794. History of the decline and fall of the Roman empire
653 _aScholars -- Great Britain -- Biography
653 _aRome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. -- Historiography
830 0 _aEnglish Men of Letters
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18851
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