Zachary Macaulay, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Scottish statistician, abolitionist, governor of Sierra Leone, founder of University of London (1768-1838)
Date of Birth: 02-May-1768
Place of Birth: Inveraray, Scotland, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 13-May-1838
Profession: politician, editor
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Zachary Macaulay
- Zachary Macaulay (Scottish Gaelic: Sgà ire MacAmhlaoibh; 2 May 1768 – 13 May 1838) was a Scottish statistician, one of the founders of London University and of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, an antislavery activist, and governor of Sierra Leone, the British colony for freed slaves.
- Like his famous son Thomas Macaulay, he divided the world into civilisation and barbarism with Britain representing the high point of civilisation because of its adherence to Christianity.
- He worked endlessly to end the slave trade and to Christianize and improve the world.
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