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David Macaulay

British-born American illustrator and writer

  • Fame48.1
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia1.6K
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Born 1946 · age 80United States
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  • Age
    80
    Born 1946
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    1994
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Updated 2026-07-02

David Macaulay is a British-born American illustrator and writer. His works include Cathedral (1973), The Way Things Work (1988), and its updated revisions The New Way Things Work (1998) and The Way Things Work Now (2016). His illustrations have been featured in nonfiction books combining text and illustrations explaining architecture, design, and engineering, and he has written a number of children's fiction books.

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48.1
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Historical11.7
Source confidence70.0
Completeness80.0
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