Thomas Bassett Macaulay

Thomas Bassett Macaulay, wanda aka fi sani da T. B. Macaulay, (6 Yuni 1860 - 1942) sanannen mai ba da kuɗi ne na zamaninsa, mai ba da agaji; kuma shi ne wanda ya kafa Cibiyar Macaulay, a cikin 1930. An kiyasta cewa yawancin shanu na Holstein a duniya sun fito ne daga garken Macaulay.

 Tarihi 
An haifi Thomas Bassett Macaulay a Hamilton, Ontario, ɗan Barbara Marie Reid da ɗan Scotland Robertson Macaulay (1833-1915), wanda ya yi hijira zuwa Kanada a 1854.  Iyalin sun kasance zuriyar Iyalin Macaulay na Lewis, kuma sun kasance zuriya na jarumin Uig na karni na 17 Donald Cam Macaulay .  Robertson Macaulay ya auri Barbara Marie Reid, kuma ya ƙaura da iyalinsa zuwa Montreal, Quebec, Kanada, lokacin da aka ba shi matsayi a can tare da Sun Life Assurance Company. Ya shiga a matsayin sakatare a 1874; a shekara ta 1889, ya yi aiki har zuwa shugaban kasa.

 Rayuwa 
Thomas Bassett Macaulay ya kammala makarantar sakandare kuma ya shiga Sun Life yana da shekara 17. Shekaru 40 masu zuwa ya yi aiki a kamfanin a matsayin mai ba da kuɗi (shekaru 20), sakatare, manajan darektan (46), shugaban kasa (55). Ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban kasa na tsawon shekaru 20, kafin ya yi ritaya a matsayin shugaban.
A shekara ta 1914 ya zama ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasa na farko na Ƙungiyar Ƙididdigar Amirka. A shekara ta 1917, shi ne shugaban kwamitin kasa kan albarkatun abinci, shi ma gwamnan Babban Asibitin Montreal ne, da kuma ɗakin karatu na Fraser-Hickson Institute a Montreal.

ya kirkiro asusun £ 10,000 don taimakawa mutanen da ke cikin teku na garin mahaifinsa, Fraserburgh, Scotland. Ya kuma ba da £ 10,000 don bincike game da kiwon dabbobi a Jami'ar Edinburgh. Ya ba da kuɗi ga ɗakin karatu na jama'a a Tsibirin Lewis, ya gina reshe a asibitin tsibirin kuma ya kafa gonar gwaji ta Macaulay. A cikin 1930, ya ba da kuɗin sayen kadada 50 (200,000 m2), don kafa Cibiyar Macaulay don Binciken Kasa. Macaulay ya sami digiri na girmamawa daga Jami'ar Aberdeen,  da Jami'ar McGill,  kuma garin Stornoway ya sanya shi dan kasuwa na farko na gari a cikin shekaru 300.

 Garken Holstein 
An bayyana cewa mafi yawan shanu na Holstein masu tsabta a duniya sun fito ne daga garken Macaulays, wanda aka haifa a gonarsa a Quebec. Macaulay da manajan gona, Joe Chandler, sun sayi bijimi mai suna "Johanna Rag Apple Pabst" (wanda aka fi sani da "Old Joe"), don $ 15,000. Bull din ya haifi bijimai 51 da shanu 44; bayan mutuwar Macaulay a 1942, an warwatsa garken kuma ya ci gaba da samar da mafi yawan tsarkaka a duniya.List of ASA Fellows , retrieved 16 July 2016. Don aikinsa a matsayin mai kiwo da manomi da kuma sadaukarwarsa ga ci gaban noma a lardin Quebec, an shigar da Thomas Bassett Macaulay a cikin Hall of Fame na Aikin Gona na Quebec a shekarar 1992 

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