# Edward Gibbon — The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft character guide

> Edward Gibbon in The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft by George Gissing.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Gibbon

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

Historian referenced for his work on the Roman Empire.

## In the story

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_private_papers_of_henry_ryecroft_se/chapters/xii)

His first edition of Gibbon's Decline and Fall is a treasured but later sold possession.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_private_papers_of_henry_ryecroft_se/chapters/viii)

Mentioned as the source through whom Ryecroft previously knew of Tillemont.

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