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Edward Gibbon blue plaque
Edward Gibbon · Historian
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“Edward Gibbon 1737-1792 historian lived in a house on this site 1773-1783”
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1737-92
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7 Bentinck Street, Westminster, W1
W1U
Erected 1964
administered by English Heritage as part of the London wide plaque scheme, London County Council
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