Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.Macaulay was born in Inveraray, Scotland, the son of John Macaulay (1720 1789), a minister of the Church of Scotland and Margaret Campbell. Brother of Colin Macaulay. Receiving only a rudimentary education, he eventually taught himself Greek and Latin, and read the English classics. Having worked in a merchant''s office in Glasgow, he fell into bad company and began to indulge in excessive drinking.