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    Thomas Babington Macaulay

    Birth: 10-25-1800

    Death: 12-28-1859

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Thomas Babington Macaulay was an English politician and author. In 18490430WHS_FMS1, WHS writes that "the dinner knocked me up, and I was fit only to read Macaulay and go to sleep," referring to Macaulay's best known work, The History of England.

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Thomas Babington Macaulay was an English politician and author. In 18490430WHS_FMS1, WHS writes that "the dinner knocked me up, and I was fit only to read Macaulay and go to sleep," referring to Macaulay's best known work, The History of England.

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