Project Gutenberg 2006-07-17 Public domain in the USA. 143 Morison, James Cotter 1832 1888 Morison, J. Cotter (James Cotter) Morison, James Augustus Cotter Gibbon English Men of Letters Reading ease score: 55.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. E-text prepared by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "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.) en Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century Historians -- Great Britain -- Biography Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794 Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794. History of the decline and fall of the Roman empire Scholars -- Great Britain -- Biography Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. -- Historiography PR Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - British Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature 382433 382268 2024-10-08T10:08:40.526602 2023-09-08T11:19:43.515757 text/html text/html 385113 2006-07-17T15:16:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 158419 2006-07-17T15:16:37 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 230111 2024-10-08T10:08:47.572555 application/epub+zip 232891 2024-10-08T10:08:42.575589 application/epub+zip 221495 2024-10-08T10:08:41.289595 application/epub+zip 377778 2024-10-08T10:08:51.580517 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 343724 2024-10-08T10:08:46.770563 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 310822 2022-09-09T06:11:31.219110 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 359075 358962 2024-10-08T10:08:39.909616 2023-09-08T11:19:43.043814 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 358647 2006-07-17T15:09:27 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 140635 2006-07-17T15:09:27 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 358696 2006-07-17T15:09:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 140470 2006-07-17T15:09:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23319 2024-10-08T10:08:51.714524 application/rdf+xml 9370 2024-10-08T10:08:41.849582 image/jpeg 2640 2024-10-08T10:08:41.567585 image/jpeg 214851 2024-10-08T10:08:40.563605 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia