Macaulay, Thomas
1800-59
Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay was educated at Cambridge.
He became a famous historian and essayist. He was a member
of Parliament in 1830 and also of the Supreme Court of India (1834-38).
His 'History of England' is considered a classic.
Maugham, Somerset
1874-1965
Novelist and playwright, born in Paris.
After studying medicine at Canterbury he worked as a surgeon at St Thomas's
Hospital, London, England.
After 1897 Maugham turned to writing full-time. He is best known for his short stories, particularly 'Rain'. He also wrote many plays such as 'The Moon and Sixpence', 'The Circle' , 'East of Suez', and 'Cakes and Ale'. His novels include the semi-autobiographical 'Of Human Bondage'.
Mickiewicz, Adam
1798-1855
Born near Novogrodek, Lithuania, Mickiewicz was Poland's greatest poet and
lifelong apostle of Polish national freedom. Deported to Russia in 1824 where he met
Pushkin.
In 1829 he left Russia and travelled in Germany, France, and Italy, eventually settling in Paris where he wrote 'Books of the Polish Nation and its Pilgrimage' and his great poetic epic 'Pan Tadeusz'. He taught at Lausanne and Paris, and in 1848 he went to Rome to persuade the new pope to to support the cause Polish national freedom.
During the Italian revolution he organized the Polish legion, then returned to Paris where he edited the 'Peoples Tribune'.
Orwell, George
1903-1950
Novelist and essayist, born in Bengal, India. Orwell's parents
were members of the Indian Civil Service, and, after an education at Eton College in
England, Orwell joined the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, an experience that later
found expression in the novel 'Burmese Days'. During World War 2, he was war
correspondent for the BBC and the Observer.
Orwell's two best-known books reflect his lifelong distrust of autocratic government, whether of the left or right: 'Animal Farm', a modern beast-fable attacking Stalinism, and 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' (1949), a novel setting forth his fears of an intrusively bureaucratized state of the future.
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