Macaulay
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Dame Rose, c1885–1958, English poet and novelist.
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Thomas Babington 1st Baron, 1800–59, English historian, author, and statesman.
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Dame Rose. 1881–1958, British novelist. Her books include Dangerous Ages (1921) and The Towers of Trebizond (1956)
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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 classic of the Whig interpretation of history
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"Everyone loves a giant dinosaur," said study co-author Roger Benson, the Macaulay Curator of Dinosaur Paleobiology at the Museum.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
The plaintive observation, ascribed to the early Victorian British Prime Minister Viscount Melbourne about the acerbically self-confident historian Thomas Babington Macaulay, remains the motto of the thoughtfully skeptical man through the ages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
“Home Alone” star Macaulay Culkin has quietly sold his sprawling California estate for $14.25 million—one year after he opened up about his role as a “homebody dad” with longtime partner Brenda Song.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026
Dr Peter Macaulay, a senior lecturer in Psychology at the University of Derby said ending advertising to children on social media was a "necessary step", and he believed regulation should go even further.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
Dad could be wrong, and the great historians Carlyle and Macaulay and Trevelyan could be wrong, but from the ashes of their dispute I could construct a world to live in.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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