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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Edward Gibbon was born on 8 May 1737 in Britain and became an essayist, historian, and minor politician. Between 1776 and 1789 he published The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire across six volumes, achieving both critical praise and commercial success. The work distinguished itself through the quality and irony of its prose and rigorous use of primary sources. Its polemical criticism of organised religion sparked debate even as it secured the book's influence. Gibbon died on 16 January 1794, leaving behind the most important historical work of his era.