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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 58. Chapters: Walter Scott, Thomas Carlyle, Patrick Abercromby, John Ogilby, Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, George Campbell, John Davidson, Gavin Douglas, George Buchanan, Edwin Morgan, Hugh MacDiarmid, Brian Holton, Edwin Muir, John Gibson Lockhart, Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff, Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie, James Legge, Mary Somerville, Stuart Christie, Thomas Urquhart, Michael Scot, John Stuart Blackie, William Auld, James Grieve, William Edmondstoune Aytoun, Alexander Gray, Henry Hunter, William Fowler, Robert Kerr, Catherine Grosvenor, James Keill, Douglas Young, John Anderson, Stuart Hood, Colin Mackenzie, William Gregory, Ewen MacLachlan, Malcolm Knox, George Chrystal, Esther Inglis, Sir Adam Newton, 1st Baronet, Daniel Eliott, Alexander Dow, David McDuff, Christopher Whyte, John Bellenden, George Campbell Hay, William Bell Macdonald, Thomas Common, John Stewart of Baldynneis, William Laughton Lorimer, Andrew Drummond, John Colin Dunlop, Francis Adams. Excerpt: Thomas Carlyle (4 December 1795 - 5 February 1881) was a Scottish satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher during the Victorian era. He called economics "the dismal science," wrote articles for the Edinburgh Encyclopedia, and became a controversial social commentator. Coming from a strict Calvinist family, Carlyle was expected to become a preacher by his parents, but while at the University of Edinburgh, he lost his Christian faith. Calvinist values, however, remained with him throughout his life. This combination, of a religious temperament with loss of faith in traditional Christianity, made Carlyle's work appealing to many Victorians who were grappling with scientific and political changes that threatened the traditional social order. Birthplace of Thomas CarlyleCarlyle was born in Ecclefechan, Dumfries and Galloway, . His parents determinedly afforded h...
