Thomas Carlyle
<p ><b>Thomas Carlyle</b> (4 December 1795 – 5 February 1881) was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_people" title="Scottish people" >Scottish</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosopher" title="Philosopher" >philosopher</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire" title="Satire" >satirical</a> writer, essayist, historian and teacher.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Carlyle#cite_note-1" >[1]</a></sup> Considered one of the most important social commentators of his time, he presented many lectures during his lifetime with certain acclaim in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_era" title="Victorian era" >Victorian era</a>. One of those conferences resulted in his famous work <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Heroes,Hero-Worship,and_The_Heroic_in_History" title="On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History" >On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History</a></i> where he explains that the key role in history lies in the actions of the "Great Man", claiming that "History is nothing but the biography of the Great Man".
A respected historian, his 1837 book <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_French_Revolution:_A_History" title="The French Revolution: A History" >The French Revolution: A History</a></i> was the inspiration for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens" title="Charles Dickens" >Dickens</a>' 1859 novel <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Tale_of_Two_Cities" title="A Tale of Two Cities" >A Tale of Two Cities</a></i>, and remains popular today. Carlyle's 1836<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sartor_Resartus" title="Sartor Resartus" >Sartor Resartus</a></i> is considered one of the finest works of the nineteenth century.
A great polemicist, Carlyle coined the term "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dismal_science" title="The dismal science" >the dismal science</a>" for economics.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Carlyle#cite_note-2" >[2]</a></sup> He also wrote articles for the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Encyclopaedia" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh Encyclopaedia" >Edinburgh Encyclopaedia</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Carlyle#cite_note-3" >[3]</a></sup> and his <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occasional_Discourse_on_the_Negro_Question" title="Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question" >Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question</a></i> (1849) remains controversial.<sup id="cite_ref-Du_4-0" class="reference" ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Carlyle#cite_note-Du-4" >[4]</a></sup> Once a Christian, Carlyle lost his faith while attending the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Edinburgh" title="University of Edinburgh" >University of Edinburgh</a>, later adopting a form of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism" title="Deism" >Deism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Carlyle#cite_note-5" >[5]</a></sup> His philosophy, combined with his appreciation of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Germany" title="Culture of Germany" >German culture</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_mythology" title="Norse mythology" >Norse mythology</a> and his anti-democratic views, is considered by some a prelude for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism" title="Fascism" >fascism</a>.
In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics" title="Mathematics" >mathematics</a>, he is known for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlyle_circle" title="Carlyle circle" >Carlyle circle</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-DeTemple_6-0" class="reference" ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Carlyle#cite_note-DeTemple-6" >[6]</a></sup> a method used in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadratic_equation" title="Quadratic equation" >quadratic equations</a> and for developing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruler-and-compass_constructions" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruler-and-compass constructions" >ruler-and-compass constructions</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_polygons" class="mw-redirect" title="Regular polygons" >regular polygons</a>.
 
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