Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher, born in Ecclefechan in 1795, known as the sage of Chelsea, whose writings strongly influenced Victorian intellectual and artistic culture. He attended the University of Edinburgh, where he excelled in mathematics and invented the Carlyle circle, then worked as a schoolmaster and translator before settling on literature. His works include the semi-autobiographical novel Sartor Resartus, The French Revolution: A History, On Heroes, Past and Present and Frederick the Great. He later moved to London and founded the London Library. He is listed in the mathematics atlas because of the Carlyle circle.