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<p><b>Edward Gibbon</b> (; 8 May 173716 January 1794) was a British essayist, historian and minor politician. His most important and influential work, <a href="page.php?w=The_History_of_the_Decline_and_Fall_of_the_Roman_Empire">The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire</a>, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1789, to critical and commercial success. It is known for the quality and <a href="page.php?w=irony">irony</a> of its prose, its use of <a href="page.php?w=primary_sources">primary sources</a>, and its <a href="page.php?w=polemical">polemical</a></p><p>
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