- Lord Macaulay
- nounEnglish historian noted for his history of England (1800-1859)• Syn: ↑Macaulay, ↑Thomas Babington Macaulay, ↑First Baron Macaulay• Instance Hypernyms: ↑historian, ↑historiographer
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Lord Macaulay — Thomas Babington … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
MACAULAY, THOMAS BABINGTON° — (Lord Macaulay; 1800–1859), English historian and politician. A member of a family which had been in the forefront of antislavery agitation, Macaulay was elected to parliament in 1830. His maiden speech in the House of Commons was in support of a … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Macaulay family of Lewis — The Macaulay family of Uig in Lewis, known in Scottish Gaelic as Clann mhic Amhlaigh,[1] were a small family located around Uig on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. There is no connection between the Macaulays of Lewis and Clan … Wikipedia
Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron — ▪ English politician and author Introduction in full Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay of Rothley born October 25, 1800, Rothley Temple, Leicestershire, England died December 28, 1859, Campden Hill, London English Whig (Whig and Tory)… … Universalium
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, First Baron — (1800–1859) An English historian, political commentator, cabinet minister, and imperial administrator, Thomas Babington Macaulay was raised by evangelical Christians, but became a secular Whig, although, as a man of his time, he was never a… … Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914
MacAulay of Lewis — The MacAulays of Lewis were sept or clan located on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. There is no connection between the MacAulays of Lewis and the Clan MacAulay who were centred in the Loch Lomond area, bordering the Scottish… … Wikipedia
Macaulay — noun English historian noted for his history of England (1800 1859) • Syn: ↑Thomas Babington Macaulay, ↑First Baron Macaulay, ↑Lord Macaulay • Instance Hypernyms: ↑historian, ↑historiographer … Useful english dictionary
Macaulay, Dame Emilie Rose — (1881 1958) Born at Rugby, Warwickshire, she was the daughter of an assistant master at Rugby School (later a lecturer in English at Cambridge) and related to the historian Lord Macaulay (see entry). Educated mainly by her parents while they… … British and Irish poets
Macaulay — (spr. mǟckaolĕ), Thomas Babington, Lord M. of Rothley, berühmter engl. Geschichtschreiber, geb. 25. Okt. 1800 zu Rothley Temple in der Grafschaft Leicester als Sohn eines aus Schottland stammenden Kaufmanns, gest. 28. Dez. 1859, studierte in… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Macaulay [1] — Macaulay (spr. Mäckohleh), 1) Zacharias, Freund Wilberforces, welcher den ersten Abolitionistenclub bildete, vgl. Sklaverei. Er schr. mehre abolitionistische Schriften u. Abhandlungen. 2) Thom. [662] Babington, Lord M. of Rothley, Sohn des Vor.,… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
