Thomas Carlyle 1795 – 1881

Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish essayist, historian, and philosopher and one of the most prominent Victorian moral voices. After early labors as the introducer of German Romantic and idealist literature to English readers, he produced Sartor Resartus, On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History, and a vast history of the French Revolution that has remained in print for nearly two centuries. His prophetic, denunciatory style and his elevation of the great man as the engine of history have made him one of the most controversial figures in nineteenth-century thought.