John Dalberg-Acton

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Magdalen_College,_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Lord_Acton
gptkbp:awards gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:birthDate 1834-01-10
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Naples,_Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Aldenham,_Shropshire,_England
gptkbp:children gptkb:Richard_Lyon-Dalberg-Acton
gptkbp:correspondedWith gptkb:Mary_Gladstone
gptkb:William_Ewart_Gladstone
gptkbp:deathDate 1902-06-19
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Tegernsee,_Kingdom_of_Bavaria,_German_Empire
gptkbp:editor gptkb:The_Rambler
Home and Foreign Review
gptkbp:faculty gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:fieldOfWork history
political science
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:John_Emerich_Edward_Dalberg-Acton
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John Dalberg-Acton
gptkbp:influenced historical scholarship on liberty
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Johann_Joseph_Ignaz_von_Döllinger
Lord Acton's grandfather, Sir John Acton
gptkbp:knownFor liberal Catholicism
studies on liberty and power
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkb:Italian
English
gptkbp:lecturedAt gptkb:Cambridge_University
modern history
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:House_of_Lords
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFor Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:historian
gptkb:writer
politician
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Marie_Louise_Pelline_von_Dalberg
gptkb:Sir_Ferdinand_Richard_Edward_Dalberg-Acton
gptkbp:peerage gptkb:Baron_Acton
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholic
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marie_Anna_Ludomilla_Euphrosina_Gräfin_von_Arco_auf_Valley
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Acton_Society_Trust
gptkb:Acton_Institute
biographies and historical studies
gptkbp:title gptkb:1st_Baron_Acton
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Count_of_Ofalia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6