| Authorised form of name | Gibbon; Edward (1737 - 1794) |
| Dates | 1737 - 1794 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Putney, London, England |
| Date of birth | 27 April 1737 |
| Place of death | London |
| Date of death | 16 January 1794 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
The Sheffield family burial-place at Fletching, Sussex |
| Activity | 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 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 27/11/1788 |
| Relationships | Son of Edward Gibbon and Judith Porten |
| Source | 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 |
| Code | NA5753 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1788/10 | Gibbon, Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |