Gibbon

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Edward gibbon] was born at Putney, near London, on ''q 1737. After the reformation of the calendar his birthday. Became the 8th of May. He was the eldest of a family of seven children but his five brothers and only sister all died in early infancy, and he could remember in after life his sister alone, whom he also regretted.