Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Thomas Babington Macaulay was a 19th-century British historian, essayist, and Whig politician known for his influential writings on British history and his role in shaping colonial education and legal reforms in India.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Member of Parliament ⓘ
Whig politician ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
historian ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
birthDate 1800-10-25 ⓘ
birthPlace Leicestershire ⓘ
Rothley Temple ⓘ
burialPlace Westminster Abbey ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
deathDate 1859-12-28 ⓘ
educatedAt Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
University of Cambridge ⓘ
familyName Macaulay ⓘ
fieldOfWork British history ⓘ
historiography ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
politics ⓘ
fullName Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay ⓘ
givenName Thomas ⓘ
knownFor Minute on Indian Education ⓘ
The History of England ⓘ
Whig interpretation of history ⓘ
influence on English education in India ⓘ
role in drafting the Indian Penal Code ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Whig Party ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron Macaulay ⓘ
notableWork Critical and Historical Essays ⓘ
Lays of Ancient Rome ⓘ
The History of England from the Accession of James the Second ⓘ
occupation barrister ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
historian ⓘ
poet ⓘ
politician ⓘ
parliamentaryTermEnd 1834 ⓘ
1847 ⓘ
parliamentaryTermStart 1830 ⓘ
1839 ⓘ
politicalAlignment Whig ⓘ
linked to: British Whig Party
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Calne ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Leeds ⓘ
Member of the Supreme Council of India ⓘ
Paymaster General ⓘ
Secretary at War ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
workLocation Calcutta ⓘ
India ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

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Charter Act 1833 → firstLawMember → Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
National Portrait Gallery → foundedBy → Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
John Clive → mainSubject → Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
subject linked to: John Clive (historian)
Charles Booth → relative → Thomas Macaulay ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Babington Macaulay
Indian Penal Code → draftedBy → Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
Lord Acton → influencedBy → Lord Macaulay ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Babington Macaulay
Saint Helena Act 1833 → chairOfFirstLawCommission → Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
Thomas Babington Macaulay → fullName → Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Babington Macaulay
Thomas Babington Macaulay → nobleTitle → Baron Macaulay ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Babington Macaulay
First Law Commission for India → chairperson → Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
First Law Commission for India → member → Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
George Macaulay Trevelyan → relative → Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
Zachary Macaulay → child → Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
Macaulay: The Shaping of the Historian → mainSubject → Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
Macaulay: The Shaping of the Historian → workSubject → Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
Albany, Piccadilly, London → notableResident → Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
Indian Penal Code → draftedBy → Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
subject linked to: IPC
Fraser's Magazine → notableContributor → Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
Whiggism → hasNotableProponent → Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
Edinburgh Review circle → hasMember → Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
Macaulay → hasNotableBearer → Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
Rothley Temple → birthplaceOf → Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
Rothley Temple → notableResident → Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
Lays of Ancient Rome → author → Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
Lays of Ancient Rome → hasPrefaceBy → Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
Critical and Historical Essays → author → Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
The History of England → author → Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
Minute on Indian Education → author → Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
Minute on Indian Education → proposedBy → Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
Macaulay’s Draft Penal Code of 1837 → hasAuthor → Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ