Thomas Babington Macaulay letter to Sarah Austin, 1839 April 11.

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Thomas Babington Macaulay letter to Sarah Austin, 1839 April 11.

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Macaulay writes to Sarah Austin, 11 April 1839, complimenting her skill as a translator, and lamenting his own indifferent grasp of German. He mentions returning Ranke's letter.

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Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859

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Thomas Babington Macaulay, born in 1800 in Leicestershire, England, was an historian and author. He was educated at Cambridge. After the success of an essay on Milton in the Edinburgh Review in 1925, he contributed regularly to that journal. He was called to the bar in 1826 and elected to Parliament in 1830. After various distinguishing public duties, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Macaulay of Rothley in 1859. He also continued to write during these public appointments, primarily on histo...

Austin, Sarah, 1793-1867

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English translator and writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Ventnor, Isle of Wight, to Lord Monteagle, [1852] Dec. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870232 Sarah Austin (1793-1867) was an English writer and translator, and the wife of jurist John Austin. She urged the establishment in England of a national system of education and is best known for her work Germany from 1760 to 1814, a survey of German institutions and manners. From the gu...