Person Gibbon; Edward (1737 - 1794) Gibbon Edward 1737 - 1794 British Male Putney, London, England 27 April 1737 London 16 January 1794 Burial: The Sheffield family burial-place at Fletching, Sussex

Education: Magdalen College, Oxford; private study in Lausanne Career: MP for Liskeard (1774); MP for Lymington; published first volume of 'Decline and Fall' (1776) and finished the work in 1788 Member of RSA Son of Edward Gibbon and Judith Porten Fellow 27/11/1788 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB References: W Johnson, 'Edward Gibbon and George Grote: A Bicentenary in Common' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 221-226, plate Bernard Bailyn, '1776: The British Dimension' in NR 1976-7 vol 31 pp 179-199 John Thomas, 'Josiah Wedgwood's Portrait Medallions of Fellows of the Royal Society' in NR 1963 vol 18 pp 45-53, plate W P Griffith and P J T Morris, 'Charles Hatchett FRS (1765 - 1847), chemist and discoverer of niobium' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 299 - 316 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 27 Apr 1737 - 16 Jan 1794 NA5753 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 60f79123-ffaa-481f-b94d-564eb6e58269