Description:Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, Olaudah Equiano, Beilby Porteus, William Thornton, Amazing Grace, James Phillippo, Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, Samuel Oughton, Constantine Richard Moorsom, Richard Robert Madden, Thomas Coke, John C. Lettsome, Stephen Lushington, James Ramsay, Charles Grant, Henry Richard, Richard Allen, Mary Prince, Ignatius Sancho, Alexander Falconbridge, Joseph Denman, Thomas Burchell, David Turnbull, Dorothy Ripley, Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, Thomas Trotter. Excerpt: Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay PC (25 October 1800 - 28 December 1859) was a British poet, historian and Whig politician. He wrote extensively as an essayist and reviewer, and on British history. He also held political office as Secretary at War between 1839 and 1841 and Paymaster-General between 1846 and 1848. The son and eldest child of Zachary Macaulay, a Scottish Highlander who became a colonial governor and abolitionist, Thomas Macaulay was born in Leicestershire, England. He was noted as a child prodigy. As a toddler, gazing out the window from his cot at the chimneys of a local factory, he is reputed to have put the question to his mother: "Does the smoke from those chimneys come from the fires of hell?" He was educated at a private school in Hertfordshire and at Trinity College, Cambridge. Whilst at Cambridge he wrote much poetry and won several prizes, including the Chancellor's Gold Medal in June 1821. In 1825 he published a prominent essay on Milton in the Edinburgh Review. In 1826 he was called to the bar but showed more interest in a political than a legal career. It was once rumoured that Macaulay had fallen for Maria Kinnaird, the wealthy ward of "Conversation" Sharp, but in fact he never married and had no children. In 1830 the Marquess of Lansdowne invited Macaulay to become Mem...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with British Abolitionists: Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, Olaudah Equiano, Beilby Porteus, William Thornton, Amazing Grace. To get started finding British Abolitionists: Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, Olaudah Equiano, Beilby Porteus, William Thornton, Amazing Grace, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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British Abolitionists: Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, Olaudah Equiano, Beilby Porteus, William Thornton, Amazing Grace
Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, Olaudah Equiano, Beilby Porteus, William Thornton, Amazing Grace, James Phillippo, Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, Samuel Oughton, Constantine Richard Moorsom, Richard Robert Madden, Thomas Coke, John C. Lettsome, Stephen Lushington, James Ramsay, Charles Grant, Henry Richard, Richard Allen, Mary Prince, Ignatius Sancho, Alexander Falconbridge, Joseph Denman, Thomas Burchell, David Turnbull, Dorothy Ripley, Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, Thomas Trotter. Excerpt: Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay PC (25 October 1800 - 28 December 1859) was a British poet, historian and Whig politician. He wrote extensively as an essayist and reviewer, and on British history. He also held political office as Secretary at War between 1839 and 1841 and Paymaster-General between 1846 and 1848. The son and eldest child of Zachary Macaulay, a Scottish Highlander who became a colonial governor and abolitionist, Thomas Macaulay was born in Leicestershire, England. He was noted as a child prodigy. As a toddler, gazing out the window from his cot at the chimneys of a local factory, he is reputed to have put the question to his mother: "Does the smoke from those chimneys come from the fires of hell?" He was educated at a private school in Hertfordshire and at Trinity College, Cambridge. Whilst at Cambridge he wrote much poetry and won several prizes, including the Chancellor's Gold Medal in June 1821. In 1825 he published a prominent essay on Milton in the Edinburgh Review. In 1826 he was called to the bar but showed more interest in a political than a legal career. It was once rumoured that Macaulay had fallen for Maria Kinnaird, the wealthy ward of "Conversation" Sharp, but in fact he never married and had no children. In 1830 the Marquess of Lansdowne invited Macaulay to become Mem...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with British Abolitionists: Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, Olaudah Equiano, Beilby Porteus, William Thornton, Amazing Grace. To get started finding British Abolitionists: Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, Olaudah Equiano, Beilby Porteus, William Thornton, Amazing Grace, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.