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Thomas Babington Macaulay, an Uncommon card
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay was a British historian, poet and Whig politician who served as the Secretary at War between 1839 and 1841, and as the Paymaster General between 1846 and 1848.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 83
- Power
- 162
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 162 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Thomas Babington Macaulay quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Thomas Babington Macaulay card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Macaulay also played a ______ role in determining India's education policy.
Answer
substantial. Macaulay also played a substantial role in determining India's education policy. From the Thomas Babington Macaulay article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Rocket engine. Rocket engine 86 · Peter Obi 82 · Thomas Babington Macaulay 79 · Kanishka 76 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is best known for his The History of England, a seminal example of Whig history, which expressed Macaulay's belief in the inevitability of sociopolitical progress and has been widely commended for its prose style.
- Whig historians, including Macaulay, supported the position of the Roundheads in the English Civil War of 1642 to 1651.
- Macaulay also played a substantial role in determining India's education policy.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Thomas Babington Macaulay article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 83: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Thomas Babington Macaulay (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Antoine Claudet, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
