1st baron macaulay
[muh-kaw-lee] /məˈkɔ li/
noun
dame rose, c1885–1958, english poet and novelist.
thomas babington
[bab-ing-tuh n] /ˈbæb ɪŋ tən/ (show ipa), 1st baron, 1800–59, english historian, author, and statesman.
related forms
macaulayan, adjective
macaulayism, noun
macaulay
/məˈkɔːlɪ/
noun
dame rose. 1881–1958, british novelist. her books include dangerous ages (1921) and the towers of trebizond (1956)
thomas babington, 1st baron. 1800–59, english historian, essayist, and statesman. his history of england from the accession of james the second (1848–61) is regarded as a cl-ssic of the whig interpretation of history
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