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  Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The son of Zachary Macaulay, a British colonial governor and abolitionist, Macaulay was born in Leicestershire and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Macaulay was appointed Secretary to the Board of Control, which required him to visit India.
Serving on the Supreme Council of India between 1834 and 1838 Macaulay was instrumental in creating the foundations of bilingual colonial India, by convincing the council and parliament to close schools and colleges teaching in Sanskrit or Arabic and instead to teach English to "natives" and provide education in English only.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Macaulay   (839 words)

  
 Clan MACAULAY
Many formerly held that the MacAulays derived their origin from the ancient earls of Lennox, and that their ancestor was Maurice, brother of Earl Maldouin and son of Aulay, whose name appears in the Ragmans Roll as having sworn fealty to Edward I in 1296.
A tribe of MacAulays were settled at Uig, Ross-shire, in the south-west of the island of Lewis, and many were the feuds which they had with the Morrisons, or clan Alle Mhuire, the tribe of the servant or disciple of Marg, who were located at Ness, at the north end of the same island.
The sheriff’s son, Aulay, MacAulay, though a member of the Episcopal Church, was by no means a Jacobite, but on the contrary, at the Revolution in 1689, raised a company of fencibles for the cause of William and Mary.
www.electricscotland.com /webclans/m/macaula2.html   (2925 words)

  
 Thomas B. Macaulay
Macaulay's 1830 critique of Southey's woolly socialism and imperialism, stands as a classic of laissez-faire Whiggism.
In 1834, he took a job at the Supreme Council of India and became heavily involved in the redrafting the Indian penal code and the promotion of education (in Indian affairs, he was much influenced by the now-reconciled Mill).
"Macaulay and J.S. Mill" by R.J. Kilcullen at Maquarie
cepa.newschool.edu /het/profiles/macaulay.htm   (330 words)

  
 Macaulay Culkin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Macaulay Carson Culkin (born August 26, 1980, in New York City), was one of the most popular child stars in Hollywood between 1990-1994
Macaulay's rise to fame was kickstarted thanks to his role as Kevin in the blockbuster film Home Alone (1990).
His father, Kit Culkin, had been Macaulay's manager and was widely known for his aggressiveness.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Macaulay_Culkin   (593 words)

  
 Clan MacAulay Home Page
Lord Thomas Babington MacAulay (1800 - 1859 Macaulay) is buried at Westminster Abbey in London in the famous "poet's corner" next to Byron, Shelley, Keates, and Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
Lord Macaulay's father, Zachary Macaulay, was a businessman in Sierra Leon and an ardent abolitionist.
In 1587, Sir Aulay MacAulay of Ardencaple is included in the roll of landlords of Gaeldom, as a principal vassal of the earldom of Lennox.
www.macaulay.org   (395 words)

  
 Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 1st Baron. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
On his return to England, Macaulay devoted himself to writing history, but returned to public office as secretary of war (1839–41), paymaster of the forces (1846–47), and member of Parliament (1839–47, 1852–56).
In 1857 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Macaulay of Rothley.
Macaulay’s greatest work and one of the great works of the 19th cent.
www.bartleby.com /65/ma/MacaulayT.html   (300 words)

  
 Macaulay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Francis Macaulay's father, the Rev Samuel Macaulay, was a Minister in the Methodist Church.
In the 25 years from [Macaulay's] appointment to St Paul's in 1885 to his resignation in 1911 there were 41 scholarships (34 at Cambridge) and 11 exhibitions; and in the 20 years available there were 4 senior wranglers, one second, and one fourth among his former pupils.
This leads Macaulay to study Lasker's decomposition of ideals into primary ideals (the analogue of the decomposition of an integer into prime powers) and he also looks at properties which today surround the theory of Gröbner bases.
www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Mathematicians/Macaulay.html   (724 words)

  
 Introductory Note. Thomas Babington Macaulay. 1909-14. English Essays: Sidney to Macaulay. The Harvard Classics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Thomas was an infant prodigy, and the extraordinary memory which is borne witness to in his writings was developed at an early age.
Until about 1844 Macaulay’s writings appeared chiefly in the “Edinburgh Review,” the great organ of the Whig Party, to which he belonged.
The essay on Machiavelli belongs to Macaulay’s earlier period, and illustrates his mastery of material that might seem to lie outside of his usual field.
www.bartleby.com /27/1017.html   (336 words)

  
 Catherine Sawbridge Macaulay Graham (1731-1791)
The first noteworthy female English historian, Macaulay was best known in her own time for her hugely influential 8 volume (1763-1783) scholarly history of England during the English Civil and the Restoration, The History of England from the accession of James I to that of the Brunswick line.
Macaulay considered almost anything and everything under the topic of education, but she emphasized 3 areas: kindness (especially to animals) and non-violence, moral precepts, and the education of women.
Macaulay believes that women's apparent deficiencies are due to their inferior education, not to their innate nature.
www.pinn.net /~sunshine/march99/macaly2.html   (1213 words)

  
 MaThomas Macaulay
Macaulay became very interested in utilitarianism and was influenced by the ideas of Jeremy Bentham and Joseph Priestley.
One of Macaulay's campaigns at university was to bring an end to the rule that forbade a discussion of public affairs at the Student Union later than those of the last century.
In the general election that followed the passing of the 1832 Reform Act, Macaulay was the Whig candidate for the newly established parliamentary constituency of Leeds.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /PRmacaulay.htm   (1183 words)

  
 Macaulay bio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Out of his lifelong fascination with the way things work, David Macaulay P '96 has fashioned a successful career as author and illustrator of children's books so engaging that adults as well as children are captivated by his work.
Born in Lancashire, England, Macaulay was 11 when his parents moved from England to Bloomfield, N.J. During his adjustment to life in the states, the adolescent began to draw seriously.
The historical and mechanical information conveyed in Macaulay's books are the result of extensive research while the stories that accompany his meticulous illustrations are fictional, whimsical and fun.
www.wheatoncollege.edu /cr/96/MacauleyBio.html   (341 words)

  
 Macaulay's New Website
Macaulay is a credit union providing banking and financial services to members in the community with a not-for-profit focus.
Macaulay is engaged in the provision of retail financial and related services to niche markets consistent with our vision.
Macaulay's mission is to promote the principles of member owned financially based institutions and provide friendly, efficient, affordable and supportive financial and other related services to the local community and not-for-profit sector.
www.macaulay.com.au   (264 words)

  
 David Macaulay Author and Illustrator
After graduating from high school, he enrolled in the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), from which he received a bachelor's degree in architecture, and spent his fifth year at RISD in the European Honors Program, studying in Rome, Herculaneum, and Pompeii.
David Macaulay's elaborate show-and-tells have made him beloved of adults and children throughout the world.
David Macaulay lives with his family in Rhode Island.
www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com /authors/macaulay/author.shtml   (390 words)

  
 Macaulay Culkin
Macaulay was 10 and cute, the movie was funny, and suddenly the kid had Hollywood clout.
When Macaulay appeared in George Balanchine's The Nutcracker, his father demanded that Kevin Kline's narration be deleted from the film, or Macaulay wouldn't do the talk shows and newspaper interviews that are vital to a film's publicity.
Macaulay and two of his brothers, the younger Kieran and the older Shane, got an apartment together.
www.nndb.com /people/682/000022616   (1304 words)

  
 Macaulay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Macaulay is a computer algebra system for mathematical computations in algebraic geometry and commutative algebra.
Macaulay's user base consists largely of academic researchers and graduate students.
It consists of roughly 30,000 lines of C code, documentation, and contributed scripts in Macaulay's command language (which has been dubbed affectionately by some users as "algebraic machine language").
www.math.columbia.edu /~bayer/Macaulay   (157 words)

  
 Prime Palaver #4
These are two speeches given by Thomas Macaulay in Parliament in 1841, when the issue of copyright was being hammered out.
And remained so (at least in the US) for a century and a half — until, on a day of infamy just a few years ago, the Walt Disney Corporation and their stooges in Congress got the law changed to the modern law, which extends copyright for a truly absurd period of time.
Which — those who forget history are doomed to repeat it — is a return to the position advocated by Macaulay's (now long forgotten) opponent in the debate.
www.baen.com /library/palaver4.htm   (8644 words)

  
 Family Tree genealogy and Scottish clan history from AncestralScotland - Search Results
In 1587 Sir Aulay Macaulay of Ardincaple was noted as a principal vassal of the Earls of Lennox.
The Macaulays were certainly keen to renounce any connection with the Macgregors when they were declared outlaw, The Macaulays of Lewis asserted that they were of Norse descent, their name meaning simply, 'son of Olaf'.
One of the chiefs of the Lewis Macaulays in the sixteenth century was known as Donald Camm, meaning Donald One-Eye.
www.ancestralscotland.com /clandetails.html?clan=macaulay.html   (313 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: Cathedral : The Story of Its Construction (Sandpiper)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Thanks to Macaulay's thorough, thoughtful tribute to the Gothic cathedral, not a stone, turret, or pane of stained glass is left unexamined or unexplained.
Macaulay's text is minimal, but his exquisite fl and white line drawings say it all: the step-by-step stages in the building's construction, the craftsmen and the tools they used, and the dedication that kept this project going for 80 years until its completion.
Macaulay's glossary at the end of the book helps us to understand the major elements of the Gothic cathedral, and his cross-sections and diagrams provide clear illustration of just how the cathedral rose from its foundations.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0395316685?v=glance   (1937 words)

  
 Black and White by David Macaulay
One way to observe how David Macaulay manages a time sequence is to flip through the book quickly and observe the change in the crowd at the train station.
Macaulay never mentions that riddle, but you can find the ways he uses it throughout the book.
He also has four parts to his speech and they are the titles of each of the stories in his book but they have a different meaning there.
www.carolhurst.com /titles/blackandwhite.html   (1184 words)

  
 Macaulay 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Macaulay 2 is a software system devoted to supporting research in algebraic geometry and commutative algebra.
In this section we present some tutorials which aim to introduce the user to some mathematical ways of using Macaulay 2.
The tutorials are relatively independent of each other, and each one introduces the use of some features of Macaulay 2 in a slow and leisurely way, assuming the reader is already familiar with the mathematical concepts involved.
euklid.mi.uni-koeln.de /b/Macaulay2/html   (138 words)

  
 Vincent Macaulay's home page
Pereira, L., Macaulay, V., Torroni, A., Scozzari, R., Prata, M.–J. and Amorim, A. Prehistoric and historic traces in the mtDNA of Mozambique: insights into the Bantu expansions and the slave trade.
Richards, M. and Macaulay, V. Genetic data and the colonization of Europe: genealogies and founders.
Macaulay, V., Richards, M., Hickey, E., Vega, E., Cruciani, F., Guida,V., Scozzari, R., Bonné–Tamir, B., Sykes, B. and Torroni, A. The emerging tree of west Eurasians mtDNAs: a synthesis of control-region sequences and RFLPs.
www.stats.gla.ac.uk /~vincent   (1386 words)

  
 Entertainment Tonight Macaulay Culkin Interview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Macaulay: Oh, well EST (Ensemble Studio Theater) basically is where I started when I was about six years old and I was about that tall.
Macaulay Culkin talks about taking some time off from the entertainment industry.
Macaulay: Yeah, I've been taking like the last three years off trying to get kind of a life, basically.
users.bart.nl /~sorcerer/culkin/SCRIPT.HTM   (379 words)

  
 RPO -- Selected Poetry of Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859)
Thomas Macaulay was born October 25, 1800, at Rothley Temple, Leicestershire, was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was called to the Bar in 1826.
He returned to Britain in 1838 and became a House of Commons member for Edinburgh from 1839 to 1847, during which period he served as Secretary for War in 1839-41 and Paymaster-General in 1846-47.
This brought him an invitation to be member of the House of Commons for Edinburgh again in 1852, but five years later he was made 1st baron, Lord Macaulay of Rothley Temple.
eir.library.utoronto.ca /rpo/display/poet211.html   (340 words)

  
 Macaulay Culkin
His every move was closely watched and reported on, both in the tabloids and by regular media outlets, but it was Macaulay's parents that caused the biggest scandal.
Reports had Macaulay's father wreaking havoc on every film lot he set foot on and predictions were that the industry was turning away from Macaulay because of his father.
The media, concerned about the effect Macaulay's character would have on young audiences, leaked information that gave away the ending to the movie, probably turning away potential moviegoers.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/where_are_they_now/52459   (523 words)

  
 Macaulay Culkin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
If the answer is yes, you should check out our extensive picture gallery celebrating the career of Macaulay Culkin from the age of five up to this point.
His engaging performance helped power the film to box office gross of nearly $300 million, and his trademark look of alarm-hands slapped around his face, mouth dropped open - became a favorite American icon.
Please send questions or comments regarding this web site to For questions regarding Macaulay Culkin, please check first the Frequently Asked Questions area, and see if you can find an answer to your question there.
www.culkinonline.com   (216 words)

  
 Macaulay Culkin: Macaulay Culkin reluctant to defend Michael Jackson
Macaulay Culkin: Macaulay Culkin reluctant to defend Michael Jackson
Macaulay Culkin has confessed he is reluctant to defend his friend Michael Jackson over child abuse allegations.
Meanwhile, Macaulay, now 23, has admitted he dabbled with illegal drugs while growing up.
www.femalefirst.co.uk /celebrity/5052004.htm   (248 words)

  
 Macaulay Heritage Park (Museum), Picton, Prince Edward County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Macaulay House, built in 1830 and restored to the mid 1850's; the old Church of St. Mary Magdalene, now the Prince Edward County Museum; the old St. Mary Magdalene Parish Cemetery; the Historic Gardens and the Carriage House.
Macaulay Heritage Park is owned by the Corporation of the County of Prince Edward.
More than a spiritual leader of the community, he was an influential landowner in Picton and left an architectural legacy in the buildings at Macaulay Heritage Park.
www.pec.on.ca /macaulay   (160 words)

  
 Macaulay Culkin
My name is Jacqui and I am a HUGE fan of Macaulay Culkin so I decided to make a website dedicated to him.
If you are a fan you might know that Macaulay was on stage in London in a play called Madame Melville not so long ago, well I saw the play because I live near London and it was fantastic!
Afterwards I met Macaulay himself and I can honestly say that he is without a doubt the nicest guy I have ever met!
www.geocities.com /vadajb14/vadasmacaulaypage.index.html   (116 words)

  
 The Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen.
Welcome to the Macaulay Institute the premier land use research institute in the known universe.
The Macaulay Institute is the UK’s premier land use research institute.
Macaulay Institute reviews Sourhope Research Station operation - 15 September, 2005
www.macaulay.ac.uk   (148 words)

  
 Modern History Sourcebook: Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859): Speech On The Reform Bill of 1832, March 2, 1831
Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859): Speech On The Reform Bill of 1832, March 2, 1831
If this Bill should be rejected, I pray to God that none of' those who concur in rejecting it may ever remember their votes with unavailing regret, amidst the wreck of laws, the confusion of ranks, the spoliation of property, and the dissolution of social order.
From Thomas Babington Macaulay, Speeches, Parliamentary and Miscellaneous (London: H. Vizetelly, 1853), Vol.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/1832macaulay-reform.html   (1647 words)

  
 The Lays of Ancient Rome
Macaulay, you may recall, having studied the Chinese system of examinations, set up the civil service examination system in England.
As C Northcote Parkinson observes, under that system the brightest were sent to govern India while those of the second class were retained to govern England.
Macaulay's most famous work is a History of England, in ten volumes: Volume One takes you to Charles I. The rest cover the Revolution, Cromwell, Charles II, James II, The Glorious Revolution, and the reign of William and Mary (later William III alone).
www.jerrypournelle.com /reports/jerryp/lays.html   (11654 words)

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