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Which essay first brought Thomas Babington Macaulay widespread fame in 1825?
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Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
Thomas Babington Macaulay, detail of an oil painting by J. Partridge, 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
The essay that brought Thomas Babington Macaulay widespread fame in 1825 was his piece on John Milton, which was published in The Edinburgh Review.1