Abstract

Edward Gibbon, author of the six-volume Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , died in 1794, the year of birth of George Grote, whose History of Greece in 12 volumes offers obvious parallels with Gibbon’s magnum opus . The resemblances do not end here, however: both were also Fellows of the Royal Society. I shall look at two aspects of Gibbon’s life: first, his family’s business fortunes and political attitudes and, second, his attitude to science. This is followed by some general comments on Grote, who had a very different upbringing.

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