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  • Edward Gibbon
  • British essayist, historian and politician (1737–1794)

    Edward Gibbon (/ˈɡɪbən/; 8 May 1737 – 16 January 1794) was a British essayist, historian and minor politician. His most important and influential work

    Edward Gibbon

    Edward Gibbon

    Edward_Gibbon

  • Edward Gibbons
  • English composer and choirmaster (1568–1650)

    Edward Gibbons (bapt. 21 March 1568 – in or before July 1650) was an English choirmaster and composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods

    Edward Gibbons

    Edward Gibbons

    Edward_Gibbons

  • Edward Gibbon (disambiguation)
  • Topics referred to by the same term

    (1707–1770), British Member of Parliament Edward Gibbon (1707-1770), see Francis Fane of Brympton Edward Gibbons, English composer and choirmaster (1568–1650)

    Edward Gibbon (disambiguation)

    Edward_Gibbon_(disambiguation)

  • Edward Gibbon Wakefield
  • English colonial theorist (1796–1862)

    Edward Gibbon Wakefield (20 March 1796 – 16 May 1862) was an English politician in colonial Canada and New Zealand. He is considered a key figure in the

    Edward Gibbon Wakefield

    Edward Gibbon Wakefield

    Edward_Gibbon_Wakefield

  • Edward
  • Name list

    musician Edward Gamble (born 1986), English comedian Edward Gibbons, English choirmaster and composer Edward Gorey (1925–2000), American illustrator Edward Gould

    Edward

    Edward

    Edward

  • All Tomorrows
  • 2006 book by C. M. Kösemen

    the Qu. Inspired by the science fiction works of Olaf Stapledon and Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Kösemen worked

    All Tomorrows

    All_Tomorrows

  • The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
  • 1776–1789 work of history by Edward Gibbon

    of the Roman Empire, is a six-volume work by the English historian Edward Gibbon. The six volumes cover, from 98 to 1590, the peak of the Roman Empire

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

    The_History_of_the_Decline_and_Fall_of_the_Roman_Empire

  • Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon
  • The English historian Edward Gibbon (1737–1794) is known primarily as the author of the magisterial The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

    Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon

    Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon

    Miscellaneous_Works_of_Edward_Gibbon

  • Greed
  • Insatiable longing for material or immaterial gain; avarice

    their own interest." In his account of the Sack of Rome, historian Edward Gibbon remarks that: avarice is an insatiate and universal passion; since the

    Greed

    Greed

    Greed

  • Edward Gibbon (died 1770)
  • British Member of Parliament (1707–1770)

    Edward Gibbon (1707–1770) was an 18th-century English MP: for Petersfield from 1734 to 1741; and Southampton from 1741 to 1747. Gibbon was the only son

    Edward Gibbon (died 1770)

    Edward_Gibbon_(died_1770)

  • Cecil Edward Gibbon
  • Anglo-Pakistani politician

    Cecil Edward Gibbon (Urdu: سیسل ایڈورڈ گبن) was a Pakistani politician who served as the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 1955

    Cecil Edward Gibbon

    Cecil_Edward_Gibbon

  • Edward Stanley Gibbons
  • English stamp dealer (1840–1913)

    Edward Stanley Gibbons (21 June 1840 – 17 February 1913) was an English stamp dealer and founder of Stanley Gibbons Ltd, publishers of the Stanley Gibbons

    Edward Stanley Gibbons

    Edward Stanley Gibbons

    Edward_Stanley_Gibbons

  • Flavius Aetius
  • Roman general and statesman (c. 390 – 454)

    Valentinian III. Aetius has often been called the "Last of the Romans". Edward Gibbon refers to him as "the man universally celebrated as the terror of Barbarians

    Flavius Aetius

    Flavius Aetius

    Flavius_Aetius

  • Orlando Gibbons
  • English composer and keyboard player (1583–1625)

    achieved by Gibbons was his appointment in 1623 as the organist at Westminster Abbey, which he held for two years until his death. Gibbons developed Byrd's

    Orlando Gibbons

    Orlando Gibbons

    Orlando_Gibbons

  • Battle of Tours
  • 732 battle of the Umayyad invasion of Gaul

    al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi, governor of al-Andalus. Many historians, including Edward Gibbon, have credited the Christian victory as an important factor in curtailing

    Battle of Tours

    Battle of Tours

    Battle_of_Tours

  • Historiography
  • Study of the methods used by historians

    was shaped and developed by figures such as Voltaire, David Hume, and Edward Gibbon, who among others set the foundations for the modern discipline. In

    Historiography

    Historiography

  • Fall of the Western Roman Empire
  • Loss of political control in antiquity

    continuities throughout and beyond the political collapse. Since 1776, when Edward Gibbon published the first volume of his The History of the Decline and Fall

    Fall of the Western Roman Empire

    Fall of the Western Roman Empire

    Fall_of_the_Western_Roman_Empire

  • Gibbons (surname)
  • Surname list

    Dave Gibbons (born 1949), English comic book artist and writer Sir David Gibbons (politician) (1927–2014), Prime Minister of Bermuda Edward Gibbons (1568 –

    Gibbons (surname)

    Gibbons_(surname)

  • Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
  • Biblical figures

    Bibliography Elliott, Edward Bishop (1862), Horae Apocalypticae, vol. I (5th ed.), London, England: Seely, Jackson and Halliday Gibbon, Edward (1776). The History

    Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    Four_Horsemen_of_the_Apocalypse

  • Shrigley abduction
  • 1826 abduction of Ellen Turner by Edward Gibbon Wakefield

    Shrigley abduction was an 1826 British case of a forced marriage by Edward Gibbon Wakefield to the 15-year-old heiress Ellen Turner of Pott Shrigley.

    Shrigley abduction

    Shrigley_abduction

  • Elagabalus
  • Roman emperor from 218 to 222

    age, he endured one of the worst reputations among Roman emperors. Edward Gibbon, notably, wrote that Elagabalus "abandoned himself to the grossest pleasures

    Elagabalus

    Elagabalus

    Elagabalus

  • Saint George
  • Christian saint and martyr (died 303)

    traditionally believed to contain St. George's relics. The English historian Edward Gibbon (1737 – 1794) argued that George, or at least the legend from which

    Saint George

    Saint_George

  • Outline of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
  • Work by Edward Gibbon

    of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by the English historian Edward Gibbon (1737–1794) has been reprinted many times over the years in various

    Outline of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

    Outline of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

    Outline_of_The_History_of_the_Decline_and_Fall_of_the_Roman_Empire

  • Attila
  • Ruler of the Hunnic Empire from 434 to 453

    fighting, and Aëtius failed to press his advantage, according to Edward Gibbon and Edward Creasy, because he feared the consequences of an overwhelming Visigothic

    Attila

    Attila

    Attila

  • Edward Howard-Gibbon
  • English surgeon, lawyer & officer of arms (1799-1849)

    Edward Howard Howard-Gibbon (9 August 1799 – 22 June 1849) was an English surgeon, lawyer, and officer of arms. He was born Edward Howard Gibbon in London

    Edward Howard-Gibbon

    Edward_Howard-Gibbon

  • Porphyrios (whale)
  • Whale active near Constantinople

    Porphyrios was mentioned in Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776–1789); Gibbon believed Porphyrios to have been

    Porphyrios (whale)

    Porphyrios_(whale)

  • Great Books of the Western World
  • Book series published by Encyclopædia Britannica

    and Causes of the Wealth of Nations Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Part 1) Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

    Great Books of the Western World

    Great Books of the Western World

    Great_Books_of_the_Western_World

  • Western Roman Empire
  • Western half of the Roman Empire (395–476)

    ISBN 978-1598849950. Gibbons, Edward; Bury, J.B. (1974). The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. AMS Press. ISBN 978-0404028206. Gibbons, Edward; Womersley,

    Western Roman Empire

    Western Roman Empire

    Western_Roman_Empire

  • Classical liberalism
  • Ideology supporting both civil and economic liberties

    Locke, François Quesnay, Jean-Baptiste Say, Montesquieu, David Hume, Edward Gibbon, Denis Diderot, Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Marquis de Condorcet

    Classical liberalism

    Classical_liberalism

  • Memoirs of My Life and Writings
  • 1796 book about Edward Gibbon

    the historian Edward Gibbon's life, compiled after his death by his friend Lord Sheffield from six fragmentary autobiographical works Gibbon wrote during

    Memoirs of My Life and Writings

    Memoirs of My Life and Writings

    Memoirs_of_My_Life_and_Writings

  • The Decline and Fall of
  • Disambiguation page

    by Edward Gibbon released between 1776 and 1789. Later examples of its usage include: Decline and Fall of the American Programmer, a book by Edward Yourdon

    The Decline and Fall of

    The_Decline_and_Fall_of

  • Adelaide
  • Capital city of South Australia, Australia

    or include Kaurna names for many local places. Based on the ideas of Edward Gibbon Wakefield about colonial reform, Robert Gouger petitioned the British

    Adelaide

    Adelaide

    Adelaide

  • Diocletianic Persecution
  • Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire (303–313)

    criticized during the Enlightenment and afterwards, most notably by Edward Gibbon. That can be attributed to the political anticlerical and secular tenor

    Diocletianic Persecution

    Diocletianic Persecution

    Diocletianic_Persecution

  • Leonard Green & Partners
  • American private equity investment firm

    after separating from Gibbons, Green and van Amerongen Ltd. (Gibbons Green), a bank which he had co-founded in 1969 with Edward Gibbons and Lewis van Amerongen

    Leonard Green & Partners

    Leonard_Green_&_Partners

  • History of the Roman Empire
  • rust and iron"—a famous comment which has led some historians, notably Edward Gibbon, to take Commodus' reign as the beginning of the decline of the Roman

    History of the Roman Empire

    History of the Roman Empire

    History_of_the_Roman_Empire

  • Boston Board of Selectmen
  • 17th- and 18th-century governing board

    Keayne, John Newgate, Edward Gibbons, William Tyng, William Hibbens. 1640: Richard Bellingham, John Winthrop, William Tyng, Edward Gibbons, William Colburn

    Boston Board of Selectmen

    Boston_Board_of_Selectmen

  • Expurgation
  • Form of censorship of artistic or other media works

    felt were more suitable for women and children. He similarly edited Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. A less common term used in this

    Expurgation

    Expurgation

    Expurgation

  • Procopius (usurper)
  • Roman usurper from 365 to 366

    Martindale & Morris, p. 691. Curran 1998, p. 90. Hughes 2013, p. 42. Edward Gibbon,The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire, (The Modern Library, 1932)

    Procopius (usurper)

    Procopius (usurper)

    Procopius_(usurper)

  • Historiography of the fall of the Western Roman Empire
  • introduced by historian Edward Gibbon in his 1776 book The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Though Gibbon was not the first to speculate

    Historiography of the fall of the Western Roman Empire

    Historiography of the fall of the Western Roman Empire

    Historiography_of_the_fall_of_the_Western_Roman_Empire

  • Solomon Lutnick
  • American historian (1928–1979)

    He also conducted research on the British historian and politician Edward Gibbon. However, a planned biography was never completed due to Lutnick's death

    Solomon Lutnick

    Solomon_Lutnick

  • J. G. A. Pocock
  • New Zealand historian (1924–2023)

    America), his work on the history of English common law, his treatment of Edward Gibbon and other Enlightenment historians, and, in historical method, for his

    J. G. A. Pocock

    J._G._A._Pocock

  • Fasilides
  • Emperor of Ethiopia from 1632 to 1667

    1667), also known as Fasil, Basilide, or Basilides (as in the works of Edward Gibbon), was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1632 to his death on 18 October 1667

    Fasilides

    Fasilides

    Fasilides

  • Göttingen school of history
  • Group of 18th century historians

    Mabillon with that of the philosophical historians such as Voltaire and Edward Gibbon. This group of historians played an important role in creating a scientific

    Göttingen school of history

    Göttingen_school_of_history

  • Tarif ibn Malik
  • 8th c. Islamic military commander

    aided by Julian, count of Ceuta, as a guide and emissary. Of this raid, Edward Gibbon writes: "500 hundred Soldiers passed over, in four vessels, from Tangier

    Tarif ibn Malik

    Tarif_ibn_Malik

  • Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire
  • menace to the traditional class/gender-based order of Roman society". Edward Gibbon argued that the tendency of Christian converts to renounce their family

    Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire

    Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire

    Persecution_of_Christians_in_the_Roman_Empire

  • The Fall of the Roman Empire (film)
  • 1964 film by Anthony Mann

    filming of El Cid (1961) had finished, Anthony Mann saw a copy of Edward Gibbon's 1776–1789 six-volume series The History of the Decline and Fall of

    The Fall of the Roman Empire (film)

    The_Fall_of_the_Roman_Empire_(film)

  • Decline and Fall
  • 1928 novel by Evelyn Waugh

    Llanabba Castle in the novel. The novel's title is a contraction of Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Additionally

    Decline and Fall

    Decline_and_Fall

  • Boodle's
  • Gentlemen's club in London, England

    Almack. Contemporary references to the club become much more frequent. Edward Gibbon first mentions Boodle's in a letter of 18 April 1768, and he subsequently

    Boodle's

    Boodle's

  • Gibbons baronets
  • Extinct baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

    surname Gibbons, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2012. The Gibbons Baronetcy

    Gibbons baronets

    Gibbons_baronets

  • Nerva–Antonine dynasty
  • Dynasty of 7 Roman Emperors from 96 AD to 192

    the good-will of their subjects, and the attachment of the senate. Edward Gibbon wrote in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire that

    Nerva–Antonine dynasty

    Nerva–Antonine dynasty

    Nerva–Antonine_dynasty

  • The Wealth of Nations
  • 1776 economics book by Adam Smith

    as popular as Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Strahan also wrote: "What you say of Mr. Gibbon's and Dr. Smith's

    The Wealth of Nations

    The Wealth of Nations

    The_Wealth_of_Nations

  • Battle of Lugdunum
  • Battle between Septimius Severus and Clodius Albinus (197)

    of all clashes between Roman forces. According to English historian Edward Gibbon, the Roman historian Cassius Dio placed the total number of Roman soldiers

    Battle of Lugdunum

    Battle of Lugdunum

    Battle_of_Lugdunum

  • Thorismund
  • King of the Visigoths (c. 420–453)

    led his force of Visigoths in a decisive charge which, according to Edward Gibbon, flanked both the Ostrogoths and subsequently the Huns and snatched

    Thorismund

    Thorismund

  • South Australia
  • State of Australia

    settlement was that of systematic colonisation, a theory espoused by Edward Gibbon Wakefield that was later employed by the New Zealand Company. The goal

    South Australia

    South Australia

    South_Australia

  • Georgian era
  • Historical period in Britain from 1714 to c. 1830–37

    do include coverage of such major intellectuals as Joseph Addison, Edward Gibbon, John Locke, Isaac Newton, Alexander Pope and Joshua Reynolds. According

    Georgian era

    Georgian era

    Georgian_era

  • Lasse Braun
  • Italian pornographer, film director, producer, screenwriter, novelist and researcher

    brilliant character, instead of the deranged emperor described in Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and in I, Claudius. Braun died

    Lasse Braun

    Lasse Braun

    Lasse_Braun

  • Marozia
  • Italian queen

    of Marozia—a rare genealogy—were seated in the Chair of St. Peter. — Edward Gibbon[citation needed] Pope John XIII was her nephew, the offspring of her

    Marozia

    Marozia

    Marozia

  • Crisis of the Roman Republic
  • Political instability c. 134–30 BC

    duties) was viewed negatively by the contemporary Sallust, the modern Edward Gibbon, and others of their respective schools, both ancient and modern, because

    Crisis of the Roman Republic

    Crisis of the Roman Republic

    Crisis_of_the_Roman_Republic

  • New Zealand Company
  • Company formed to colonise New Zealand

    Zealand. The company was formed to carry out the principles devised by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, who envisaged the creation of a new-model English society

    New Zealand Company

    New Zealand Company

    New_Zealand_Company

  • Julian (emperor)
  • Roman emperor from 361 to 363, Neoplatonic philosopher

    "what all people nowadays report and believe." The 18th century writer Edward Gibbon considered this to be unreliable, positing instead sabotage or accident

    Julian (emperor)

    Julian (emperor)

    Julian_(emperor)

  • Honorius
  • Western Roman emperor from 393 to 423

    While the tale is discounted as a rumour by more recent historians like Edward Gibbon, it is useful in understanding Roman public opinion towards Honorius

    Honorius

    Honorius

    Honorius

  • Foundation (novel series)
  • Science-fiction novel series by Isaac Asimov

    January 1950. According to Asimov, the premise was based on ideas in Edward Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, and was invented

    Foundation (novel series)

    Foundation_(novel_series)

  • Apollonius of Tyana
  • Greek Neopythagorean philosopher (c.15–100)

    the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon". B.W. Young 'Scepticism in Excess': Gibbon and Eighteenth-Century Christianity, The Historical

    Apollonius of Tyana

    Apollonius of Tyana

    Apollonius_of_Tyana

  • Cedric Gibbons
  • American art director (1890–1960)

    both of which are records. Cedric Gibbons was born in New York City in 1890 to Irish architect Austin P. Gibbons and American Veronica Fitzpatrick Simmons

    Cedric Gibbons

    Cedric Gibbons

    Cedric_Gibbons

  • Theodosius I
  • Roman emperor from 379 to 395

    concludes that Theodosius was also "hasty and choleric". From the time Edward Gibbon wrote his Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire, Ambrose's action after

    Theodosius I

    Theodosius I

    Theodosius_I

  • Charles Donald O'Malley
  • American historian of medicine (1907–1970)

    Influence. His first published article, "Some Material on the Death of Edward Gibbon" (Bulletin of the History of Medicine, February 1943), sparked a long-term

    Charles Donald O'Malley

    Charles_Donald_O'Malley

  • British colonisation of South Australia
  • Establishment of the colony, 1829–1842

    the period from 1829, when the idea was raised by the then-imprisoned Edward Gibbon Wakefield, to 1842, when the South Australia Act 1842 changed the form

    British colonisation of South Australia

    British colonisation of South Australia

    British_colonisation_of_South_Australia

  • Epitome
  • Summary of a literary work

    the lines of abridgments, such as many which have been written of Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a work of

    Epitome

    Epitome

  • Joseph de Guignes
  • French scientist (1721–1800)

    mentioned in Chinese records. This view was popularised by his contemporary Edward Gibbon in Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. The idea has been strenuously

    Joseph de Guignes

    Joseph_de_Guignes

  • Diocletian
  • Roman emperor from 284 to 305

    pp. 10–11. Gibbon, Edward (1776) The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, ch. 13 (London: Folio Society, 2009 ed., vol. 2, p. 41). Gibbon 1952, Vol.

    Diocletian

    Diocletian

    Diocletian

  • Chindasuinth
  • King of the Visigoths

    the natives and the Code of Leovigild used by the Goths. According to Edward Gibbon, during his reign, Muslim raiders began harassing Iberia: "As early

    Chindasuinth

    Chindasuinth

    Chindasuinth

  • Origin of the Huns
  • Ethnological origin of the Huns

    Huns were identical to the Xiongnu. The thesis was then popularized by Edward Gibbon. Since that time scholars have debated the proposal on its linguistic

    Origin of the Huns

    Origin_of_the_Huns

  • Death erection
  • Postmortem erection often found in those executed by hanging

    terminal erection as a motif. In The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon relates an anecdote attributed to Abulfeda that Ali, on the death of

    Death erection

    Death_erection

  • William Law
  • Church of England priest (1686–1761)

    Enlightenment figures such as the writer Samuel Johnson and the historian Edward Gibbon. Law's writings continued to inspire readers long after his death. In

    William Law

    William Law

    William_Law

  • Jerningham Wakefield
  • New Zealand politician (1820–1879)

    Edward Jerningham Wakefield (25 June 1820 – 3 March 1879), known as Jerningham Wakefield, was the only son of Edward Gibbon Wakefield. As such, he was

    Jerningham Wakefield

    Jerningham Wakefield

    Jerningham_Wakefield

  • John Gibbon (cricketer)
  • English cricketer and clergyman

    John Houghton Gibbon (21 August 1847 – 29 April 1883) was an English clergyman and first-class cricketer. The son of Edward Gibbon, he was born in the

    John Gibbon (cricketer)

    John Gibbon (cricketer)

    John_Gibbon_(cricketer)

  • Wakefield (surname)
  • Surname list

    New Zealand politician and journalist Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796–1862), English theorist on colonisation Edward Wakefield (British politician) (1903–1969)

    Wakefield (surname)

    Wakefield_(surname)

  • Gibbon (disambiguation)
  • Topics referred to by the same term

    up gibbon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gibbons are apes in the family Hylobatidae. Gibbon may also refer to: Gibbon, Minnesota, USA Gibbon, Nebraska

    Gibbon (disambiguation)

    Gibbon_(disambiguation)

  • Kaaba
  • Building at the center of Masjid al-Haram

    exceedingly revered by all Arabians". Edward Gibbon believed that this was the Kaaba. However, Ian D. Morris argues that Gibbon had misread the source: Diodorus

    Kaaba

    Kaaba

    Kaaba

  • Euric
  • King of the Visigoths from 466 to 484

    California Press. ISBN 0-520-06983-8. Edward Gibbon, History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Chapter 37 Edward Gibbon, History of the Decline and Fall

    Euric

    Euric

    Euric

  • Book of Lamentations
  • Book of the Bible

    2015. Retrieved 10 October 2013. Harley, John (1999). Orlando Gibbons and the Gibbons Family of Musicians. London: Ashgate Publishing. pp. 20–21.

    Book of Lamentations

    Book of Lamentations

    Book_of_Lamentations

  • Antoninus Pius
  • Roman emperor from 138 to 161

    Historia Augusta, Life of Antoninus Pius 5:4 Gibbon, Edward (2015). Delphi Complete Works of Edward Gibbon (Illustrated). Delphi Classics. p. 125. ISBN 9781910630761

    Antoninus Pius

    Antoninus Pius

    Antoninus_Pius

  • Trajan
  • Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117

    Nerva to Marcus" – a trope out of which the 18th-century historian Edward Gibbon popularized the notion of the Five Good Emperors, of whom Trajan was

    Trajan

    Trajan

    Trajan

  • Gretna Green
  • Parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

    jurisdiction. A notable "Gretna" marriage was the second marriage in 1826 of Edward Gibbon Wakefield to the young heiress Ellen Turner, called the Shrigley abduction

    Gretna Green

    Gretna Green

    Gretna_Green

  • John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield
  • English politician (1735–1821)

    also remembered as the close friend and patron of eminent historian Edward Gibbon, to whom he acted as literary executor and editor. Holroyd was the eldest

    John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield

    John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield

    John_Baker_Holroyd,_1st_Earl_of_Sheffield

  • Early Muslim conquests
  • Expansion of the Islamic state (622–750)

    art and architecture emerging in the Middle East. English historian Edward Gibbon writes in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Under

    Early Muslim conquests

    Early Muslim conquests

    Early_Muslim_conquests

  • Randolph Churchill
  • British journalist, writer and politician (1911–1968)

    Major Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer Churchill (28 May 1911 – 6 June 1968) was a British journalist, writer and politician. The only son of British

    Randolph Churchill

    Randolph Churchill

    Randolph_Churchill

  • Helena (wife of Julian)
  • Roman empress in 360

    marriage. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon does comment on her age. "If we recollect that Constantine, the father

    Helena (wife of Julian)

    Helena (wife of Julian)

    Helena_(wife_of_Julian)

  • Westminster School
  • Public school in Westminster, England

    13). Only the separation is new: for example, in the 18th century, Edward Gibbon attended Westminster from the age of 11 and Jeremy Bentham from the

    Westminster School

    Westminster School

    Westminster_School

  • List of people from the City of Westminster
  • Glitter Edward Gibbon Hughie Green Richard Hammond Alexander Hewat Anne Hegerty Tom Hiddleston Ruth Hubbard Christian Jessen Belinda Lang Edward Lear Dua

    List of people from the City of Westminster

    List_of_people_from_the_City_of_Westminster

  • Constantine the Great
  • Roman emperor from 306 to 337

    Constantine (1588) presents Constantine as the model of a Christian prince. Edward Gibbon aimed to unite the two extremes of Constantinian scholarship in his

    Constantine the Great

    Constantine the Great

    Constantine_the_Great

  • Johannine Comma
  • Interpolated phrase in verses 5:7–8 of 1 John

    Wesley. The third stage of the controversy begins with the quote from Edward Gibbon in 1776: Even the Scriptures themselves were profaned by their rash

    Johannine Comma

    Johannine Comma

    Johannine_Comma

  • List of modern historians of the Crusades
  • classical scholar, Medieval Roman (Byzantine) historian and philologist. Edward Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 6 volumes (1898)

    List of modern historians of the Crusades

    List_of_modern_historians_of_the_Crusades

  • Black pepper
  • Ground fruit of the family Piperaceae

    includes pepper in a majority of its recipes. In the 18th century, Edward Gibbon wrote that pepper was "a favorite ingredient of the most expensive Roman

    Black pepper

    Black pepper

    Black_pepper

  • Romulus Augustulus
  • Western Roman emperor from 475 to 476

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776–1788), Edward Gibbon wrote that he "assumed and disgraced the names of Romulus [and] Augustus"

    Romulus Augustulus

    Romulus Augustulus

    Romulus_Augustulus

  • Alemanni
  • Germanic people

    of men of all groups in the region). This derivation was accepted by Edward Gibbon, in his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and by the anonymous contributor

    Alemanni

    Alemanni

    Alemanni

  • Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline
  • 18th-century book by Montesquieu

    be among Montesquieu's best known works and was an inspiration to Edward Gibbon's more extensive The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

    Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline

    Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline

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  • Floyd Gibbons
  • American journalist (1887–1939)

    Floyd Gibbons lived a life of danger of which he often wrote and spoke. Floyd Phillips Gibbons was born on July 16, 1887, in Washington, D.C. Gibbons moved

    Floyd Gibbons

    Floyd Gibbons

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  • Colonization
  • Establishment and development of settlements by people or animals

    theory-building (note James Oglethorpe's Colony of Georgia in the 1730s and Edward Gibbon Wakefield's New Zealand Company in the 1840s). Colonization may be used

    Colonization

    Colonization

    Colonization

  • Enlightenment philosophy
  • Philosophy during the Age of Enlightenment

    philosophers included (among others) Baruch Spinoza, David Hume, John Locke, Edward Gibbon, Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Denis Diderot, Pierre Bayle, and Isaac

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  • Boy/Male

    British, English, German, Italian

    Edoardo

    Form of Edward; Rich Guardian; Proctor of Wealth

    Edoardo

  • HOWARD
  • Male

    English

    HOWARD

    English surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form (Haward) of Danish/Norwegian HÃ¥vard, HOWARD means "high guard."

    HOWARD

  • EDZARD
  • Male

    German

    EDZARD

    Frisian form of German Eckhard, EDZARD means "strong edge."

    EDZARD

  • Edwards
  • Surname or Lastname

    English (also common in Wales)

    Edwards

    English (also common in Wales) : patronymic from Edward.One of the earliest American bearers of this very common English surname was William Edwards, the son of Rev. Richard Edwards, a London clergyman in the age of Elizabeth I, who came to New England about 1640. His descendant Jonathan (1703–58), of East Windsor, CT, was a prominent Congregational clergyman whose New England theology led to the first Great Awakening, a great religious revival.

    Edwards

  • Edward
  • Boy/Male

    American, Anglo, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Indian, Irish, Italian, Jamaican, Polish, Swedish

    Edward

    Wealthy Guardian; Guardian of Prosperity; Wealthy Defender; Blessed Guard; Wealthy Protector; Happy Guard; Rich Guard

    Edward

  • HAWARD
  • Male

    English

    HAWARD

    Anglicized form of Danish/Norwegian HÃ¥vard, HAWARD means "high guard." This is an older form of modern English Howard.

    HAWARD

  • EIDEARD
  • Male

    Scottish

    EIDEARD

    Scottish Gaelic form of English Edward, EIDEARD means "guardian of prosperity."

    EIDEARD

  • Goward
  • Surname or Lastname

    English (East Anglia)

    Goward

    English (East Anglia) : derivative of Goff.English (East Anglia) : variant of Coward.

    Goward

  • Edward
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Edward

    English : from the Middle English personal name Edward, Old English Ēadward, composed of the elements ēad ‘prosperity’, ‘fortune’ + w(e)ard ‘guard’. The English personal name also became popular on the Continent as a result of the fame of the two canonized kings of England, Edward the Martyr (962–79) and Edward the Confessor (1004–66). They certainly contributed largely to its great popularity in England.

    Edward

  • Heward
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Heward

    English : variant of Howard 1.

    Heward

  • EUDARD
  • Male

    Scottish

    EUDARD

    Dialectal variant of Scottish Gaelic Eideard, EUDARD means "guardian of prosperity."

    EUDARD

  • EDOARDO
  • Male

    Italian

    EDOARDO

    Italian form of Latin Eduardus, EDOARDO means "guardian of prosperity."

    EDOARDO

  • EDWARD
  • Male

    English

    EDWARD

    Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon Eadweard, EDWARD means "guardian of prosperity." 

    EDWARD

  • Edward
  • Boy/Male

    Anglo Saxon American German English Shakespearean

    Edward

    Guardian.

    Edward

  • EDVARD
  • Male

    Scandinavian

    EDVARD

    Czech and Scandinavian form of Latin Eduardus, EDVARD means "guardian of prosperity."

    EDVARD

  • EDUARDA
  • Female

    Spanish

    EDUARDA

    Feminine form of Spanish Eduardo, EDUARDA means "guardian of prosperity."

    EDUARDA

  • EDUARDO
  • Male

    Spanish

    EDUARDO

    Spanish form of Latin Eduardus, EDUARDO means "guardian of prosperity."

    EDUARDO

  • EDGARD
  • Male

    French

    EDGARD

    French form of Anglo-Saxon Eádgár, EDGARD means "rich spear."

    EDGARD

  • EDUARD
  • Male

    German

    EDUARD

    German form of Latin Eduardus, EDUARD means "guardian of prosperity."

    EDUARD

  • Edwardo
  • Boy/Male

    American, British, English, German, Portuguese, Spanish

    Edwardo

    Form of Edward; Guardian of Prosperity; Princess; Prosperous Guardian

    Edwardo

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  • Dhaara
  • Girl/Female

    Indian

    Dhaara

    Rain, Constant flow

  • Roswitha
  • Girl/Female

    British, English

    Roswitha

    Strong and Famous

  • Saara
  • Girl/Female

    Muslim/Islamic

    Saara

    Princess

  • Dishank | தீஷஂக 
  • Boy/Male

    Tamil

    Dishank | தீஷஂக 

    Horizon

  • Anshu
  • Boy/Male

    Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu

    Anshu

    The Sun; Ray of Light; Lord Surya (Sun)

  • Speight
  • Surname or Lastname

    English (now chiefly Yorkshire)

    Speight

    English (now chiefly Yorkshire) : nickname from Middle English speght ‘woodpecker’, probably from an unrecorded Old English word akin to specan ‘to speak, talk, chatter’. Compare Speak.

  • Hepworth
  • Surname or Lastname

    English (Yorkshire)

    Hepworth

    English (Yorkshire) : habitational name from places so named, of which there is one West Yorkshire and another in Suffolk, both probably deriving their name from an Old English personal name Heppa + worð ‘enclosure’. The surname is still found mainly in Yorkshire, so it seems that the first place is the more likely source of the surname.

  • Orey
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Orey

    English : unexplained.Belgian : habitational name from a place called Oreye or Oerle in Liège province.

  • ALFEO
  • Male

    Italian

    ALFEO

    Pet form of Italian Alfredo, ALFEO means "elf counsel."

  • Wyatt
  • Boy/Male

    French American English

    Wyatt

    Guide.

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  • Inwards
  • a.

    Toward the inside; toward the center or interior; as, to bend a thing inward.

  • Seaward
  • a.

    Directed or situated toward the sea.

  • Onward
  • a.

    Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward course, progress, etc.

  • Adward
  • n.

    Award.

  • Toward
  • prep.

    Readly to do or learn; compliant with duty; not froward; apt; docile; tractable; as, a toward youth.

  • Sward
  • v. t. & i.

    To produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward.

  • Godward
  • adv.

    Toward God.

  • Inwardly
  • adv.

    Toward the center; inward; as, to curve inwardly.

  • Upward
  • a.

    Directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; with upward course.

  • Inward
  • n.

    That which is inward or within; especially, in the plural, the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera.

  • Seaward
  • adv.

    Toward the sea.

  • Leeward
  • a.

    Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the part or side toward which the wind blows; -- opposed to windward; as, a leeward berth; a leeward ship.

  • Bedwarf
  • v. t.

    To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf.

  • Award
  • v. i.

    To determine; to make an award.

  • Onward
  • adv.

    Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively; as, to move onward.

  • Coward
  • a.

    Belonging to a coward; proceeding from, or expressive of, base fear or timidity.

  • Onward
  • a.

    Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.

  • Leeward
  • adv.

    Toward the lee.

  • Midward
  • adv.

    In or toward the midst.

  • Airwards
  • adv.

    Toward the air; upward.