Thomas Carlyle Research Paper
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Thomas Carlyle was born December 4, 1795 in Galloway, Scotland. His parents were James and Margaret Carlyle. His father had a very large impact on his later philosophies. He attended the University of Edinburgh in 1809. At first Thomas was planning on going into ministry, but ended up changing to the writer he was known as. One of his role models were Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. In the mid-1820’s Thomas translated the novel Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship. In 1826 Thomas wed Jane Welsh, who was also a literary aficionado, in 1826. They were married until the death of Jane which was about forty years after they got married. Most points in time they were not on good terms. They were almost always arguing or upset with the other. This is