Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 1st Baron

Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 1st Baron ( 1800 – 59 )
British historian, essayist, and philanthropist. As a civil servant in India ( 1834 – 38 ) he established an English system of education and devised a new criminal code, before returning to Britain and devoting himself to literature and politics. Among his best-known works are The Lays of Ancient Rome ( 1842 ) and his History of England ( 1849 – 61 ), which covers the period from the accession of James II to the death of William III from a Whig standpoint.