
Thomas Carlyle

by Science Photo Library
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Thomas Carlyle
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Science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish writer, essayist, historian, and social commentator. Carlyle was raised as a strict Calvinist. He married in 1826 and subsequently moved to London where he became a social commentator and a leading figure in Victorian society. He initially established himself as an expert on German literature. His major works included 'The Life of Friedrich Schiller' (1825), 'The French Revolution' (1837), 'Sartor Resartus' (1838), 'Chartism' (1840), 'Past and Present' (1843), and a 6-volume history of Fredrick the Great (1858-65). This 1865 artwork, based on a photographs, is from 'Thomas Carlyle's collected works' (1872).
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