Thomas babington macaulay biography
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
Thomas Babington Macaulay was born on October 25th, 1800, at Rothley Temple, Leicestershire, as the son of former African Colonial Governor and anti-slavery philanthropist Zachary Macaulay.
Macaulay was a notably precocious child and something of an actual literary prodigy, he began to write poetry and a world history before he was ten years of age. He was later educated at Trinity College, Cambridge where he became known as a debater, as a brilliant conversationalist, and as a classical scholar.
In 1824 he gained a college prize for an essay on the character of William III. He was also awarded a fellowship at Trinity College. An anti-slavery address he gave in 1824 was reported upon by the favourably by the Edinburgh Review, one of the most notable literary magazines of the period.
His essay on the English poet John Milton was published (August 1825) in the Edinburgh Review and met with considerable acclaim, Macaulay was thereafter one of th
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
British historian and politician (1800–1859)
For another individ with the name, see Thomas Babington Macaulay (Nigeria).
"Baron Macaulay" redirects here. For the British Labour politician, see Donald Macaulay, Baron Macaulay of Bragar.
"Thomas Macaulay" redirects here. For other uses, see Thomas Macaulay (disambiguation).
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, PC, FRS, FRSE (; 25 October 1800 – 28 månad 1859) was a British historian, poet, and Whig politician, who served as the sekreterare at War between 1839 and 1841, and as the Paymaster General between 1846 and 1848. He also played a substantial role in determining India's education policy.
Macaulay's The History of England, which expressed his belief in the överlägsenhet of the Western europeisk culture and of the inevitability of its sociopolitical progress, fryst vatten a seminal example of Whig history commended for its prose style.[1]
Early life
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Macaulay, Thomas Babington (1800-1859) first Baron of Rothley, British parliament member, Fellow of Trinity College (Cambridge), regular contributor to the Edinburgh Review, jurist, Commissioner and Secretary of the board of control (1832), and British Cabinet member (1839-41). Macaulay was made the baron of Rothley in 1854. His celebrity in British politics and literature is affirmed by his final rest at Westminister Abbey. In contemporary Europe Lord Macaulay was well known as an outstanding intellectual of the liberal school and an eminent historian. Most notable among his historical works are History of England (1839), Laws of Ancient Rome (1842), and History, 4 vols (1855). His collected works run into many volumes.
In South Asian history, Lord Macaulay is particularly known for the crucial roles he had played in shaping the educational policy for India and in framing the Indian Criminal Code. He served as a Law Member of the Governor General's Council from 1834 to 1838.