Harold Acton
Sign in to saveAlso known as Harold Mario Mitchell Acton, Sir Harold Mario Mitchell Acton, Harold Mario Mitchell, Sir Acton, Harold Mario Mitchell Acton Sir, Sir Harold Acton
British writer and scholar (1904–1994)
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Vinony files it under 1904 births, 1994 deaths and 20th-century British short story writers.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1904
- Works
- 51
Top works
- Three extraordinary ambassadors
- The Bourbons of Naples, 1734-1825
- An Indian ass
- The last Bourbons of Naples (1825-1861)
- Glue and lacquer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- Bright Young Things
- Given name
- Harold
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Florence
- Place of death
- Florence
- Sibling
- William Acton
- Occupation
- translator
- Languages spoken
- Mandarin
- Award
- Knight Bachelor
- Image
- Harold Acton (cropped).jpg
- Residence
- Florence
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- date of birth
- 1904-07-05
- date of death
- 1994-02-27
- archives at
- Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- Commons category
- Harold Acton
- place of burial
- Cimitero Evangelico agli Allori
- member of
- Accademia delle Arti del Disegno
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University of Oxford
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Brideshead Revisited
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Naples
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Second Sino-Japanese War
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Shropshire
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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House of Bourbon
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Categories
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