Gibbon, Edward

Japanese: ギボン（英語表記）Gibbon， Edward

Born: 8 May 1737, Putney, Surrey
[Died] January 16, 1794, London. British historian. Studied at Oxford University, converted to Catholicism for a time, and lived in Lausanne, Switzerland. Traveled to Paris in 1763, where he became acquainted with Diderot and d'Alembert. During a trip to Italy in 1764, he saw the ruins of the Capitol in Rome and came up with the idea of writing a history of Rome. His six-volume magnum opus, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88), is known as a representative history book that provides a comprehensive overview in elegant prose from the 2nd century to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. His autobiography, Memoirs of My Life and Writings (96), is also famous.

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[生]1737.5.8. サリー，パトニー
[没]1794.1.16. ロンドン
イギリスの歴史家。オックスフォード大学に学び，一時カトリックに改宗，スイスのローザンヌで暮した。 1763年パリに旅行し，ディドロ，ダランベールらと知合う。 64年イタリア旅行中ローマのカピトルの遺跡を見てローマ史執筆の構想を得た。全6巻の大著『ローマ帝国衰亡史』 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776～88) は，2世紀から 1453年のコンスタンチノープル陥落までを格調高い文章で通観した代表的歴史書として知られる。自伝『わが生涯と著作の思い出』 Memoirs of My Life and Writings (96) も有名。