Education
Trinity College, Cambridge.
Trinity College, Cambridge.
Lays of Ancient Rome, The History of England from the Accession of James II(1848), Critical and Historical Essays, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Machiavelli, The Letters of Thomas Babington Macaulay, History of England
at Cambridge he wrote much poetry and won several prizes, including the Chancellor's Gold Medal in June 1821.
He called an educational system that would create a class of anglicised Indians who would serve as cultural intermediaries between the British and the Indians.[4] Macaulay succeeded in implementing ideas previously put forward by Lord William Bentinck, the governor general since 1829. Bentinck favored the replacement of Persian by English as the official language, the use of English as the medium of instruction, and the training of English-speaking Indians as teachers.
As a young man he composed the ballads Ivry and The Armada, which he later included as part of Lays of Ancient Rome, a series of very popular ballads about heroic episodes in Roman history which he composed in India and published in 1842. The most famous of them, Horatius, concerns the heroism of Horatius Cocles
In 1830 the Marquess of Lansdowne invited Macaulay to become Member of Parliament for the pocket borough of Calne. His maiden speech was in favor of abolishing the civil disabilities of the Jews. However, Macaulay made his name with a series of speeches in favour of parliamentary reform.[2] After the Great Reform Act of 1832 was passed, he became MP for Leeds.[2] In the Reform, Calne's representation was reduced from two to one; Leeds had never been represented before, but now had two members. Though proud to have helped pass the Reform Bill, Macaulay never ceased to be grateful to his former patron, Lansdowne, who remained a great friend and political ally.
