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Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) was a Scottish-born English historian and essayist who was a leading figure in the Victorian era. Brought up as a strict Calvinist, he was educated at the village school, and Annan Academy and Edinburgh University, where he studied arts and mathematics. After graduating in 1813 he became a teacher at Kirkcaldy. Carlyle moved to Edinburgh in 1818 where he was commissioned to write several articles for the Edinburgh Encyclopedia and for the Edinburgh Review
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