Friday, January 28, 2005

Macaulay (of Rothley), Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

English Whig politician, essayist, poet, and historian best known for his History of England, 5 vol. (1849 - 61); this work, which covers the period 1688 - 1702, secured his place as one of the founders of what has been called the Whig interpretation of history. He was raised to the peerage in 1857.

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