Proper noun
A habitational surname from Old English.
A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5319).
Source: en.wiktionary.orgDavid Womersley has shown, however, that Gibbon's claim to having been converted by a reading of Middleton is very unlikely, and was introduced only into the final draft of the "Memoirs" in 1792–93. Source: Internet
For commentary on Gibbon's irony and insistence on primary sources whenever available, see Womersley, "Introduction". Source: Internet
Womersley, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, p. 11. He proceeded to cut off all contact with Curchod, even as she vowed to wait for him. Source: Internet
Womersley, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, p. 9. and finally Gibbon's father, already "in despair," had had enough. Source: Internet
Womersley, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, pp. 11, 12. Gibbon was commissioned a captain and resigned a lieutenant colonel, later crediting his service with providing him "a larger introduction into the English world." Source: Internet
The most recent and also the first critical edition, in three volumes, is that of David Womersley. Source: Internet