Lord Macaulay: Essayist and Historian (1882) is a biography of the British writer and politician Thomas Babington Macaulay, written by Albert Stratford George Canning. The book explores Macaulay's life and career, including his early years as a brilliant student at Cambridge University, his rise to prominence as a member of Parliament and a leading figure in the Whig party, and his prolific output as a writer of essays, speeches, and historical works...