Thomas Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay (or Thomas Babbington Macaulay) (October 25 1800 - December 28 1859) was a nineteenth century English poet and politician. His middle name is spelt "Babington" in History of England and "Babbington" in the Lays of Ancient Rome.

He is credited with the term Macaulay's Children, which is used to refer to people born of Indian ancestry who adopt Westen Culture as a lifestyle. The term is usually used in a derogatory fashion, and the connotation is one of disloyalty to one's country and one's heritage.

The quote this term refers to comes from his "Minute on Indian Education", which was delivered in 1835 and reads, "We must at present do our best to form a class who may be ... Indian in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals and in intellect. To that class we may leave it to refine the vernacular dialects of the country ...,"

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1 Quotes
2 Works
3 External Links

Quotes

"His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich. It enabled him to run, though not to soar."

Works

Lays of Ancient Rome; available from Project Gutenberg; [1]
The History of England from the Accession of James II; available in five volumes from Project Gutenberg; [1], [1], [1], [1], [1]
Critical and Historical Essays, edited by Alexander James Grieve; available in two volumes from Project Gutenberg; [1], [1]
The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, available in four volumes from Project Gutenberg; [1], [1], [1], [1]
Machiavelli; online at bartleby.com; [1]