Top People in Values
Top Books in Values
Individuals who have had a major impact on the History of Values including our picks for the Top 100
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Books/Writings
  • The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
    (Available New and Used)
Edward Gibbon
1737 – 1794
English

He wrote about ancient Rome and was an exemplar of 18th century "rationalist" values.

Contemporaries
1759–1997Mary Wollstonecraft
1759–1833William Wilberforce
1703–1791John Wesley
1759–1836Charles Simeon
1743–1805William Paley
1737–1809Thomas Paine
1689–1762Lady Mary Montagu
1766–1834Thomas Malthus
1792–1866John Keble
1788–1824Lord George Byron
1778–1840George Brummell
1754–1825Thomas Bowdler
1757–1827William Blake
1775–1817Jane Austen