# Edward Gibbon — The Education of Henry Adams character guide

> Edward Gibbon in The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Gibbon, a Gibbon

**First appearance:** 0003-i-quincy-1838-1848

## Who they are

English historian, author of Decline and Fall.

## In the story

### [A Law of Acceleration (1904)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_education_of_henry_adams_se/chapters/xxxiv-a-law-of-acceleration-1904)

Imagined sitting with him on the steps of Ara Coeli in 1964, symbolizing historical reflection.

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