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Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon, oil painting by Henry Walton, 1774; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Edward Gibbonâs first published work was Essai sur lâĂ©tude de la littĂ©rature (1761), which was written in French. An English translation, titled An Essay on the Study of Literature, was subsequently published in 1764.1