What is Catharine Macaulay?
'''Catharine Macaulay''' (2 April 1731 – 22 June 1791) was an [[English people|English]] [[historian]]. Between 1763 and 1783 Macaulay wrote her biggest work, ''The History of England from the Accession of James I to that of the Brunswick Line''. Her 1790 work ''Letters on Education'' deeply [[influence]]d [[Mary Wollstonecraft]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Catharine Sawbridge Macaulay Graham (1731-1791)|url=https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/catharine-sawbridge-macaulay-graham-1731-1791/|access-date=2021-05-19|website=George Washington's Mount Vernon|language=en}}</ref> ==Early life== Macaulay was born '''Catharine Sawbridge''' at [[Olantigh]] in [[Kent]]. She had two brothers. She was educated by a [[governess]]. ==Personal life== Macaulay married her first husband George Macaulay on 18 June 1760. In 1766, he died. In 1774, she moved to Bath. In 1788, Macaulay married William Graham. Macaulay died in [[Binfield]] in 1791. ==References== {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Macaulay, Catharine}} [[Category:1731 births]] [[Category:1791 deaths]] [[Category:English historians]] [[Category:Writers from Kent]]