Sir John Acton

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Magdalen_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Lord_Acton
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:birthDate 1834-01-10
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Naples,_Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Tegernsee,_Bavaria
gptkbp:child gptkb:Richard_Lyon-Dalberg-Acton
gptkbp:deathDate 1902-06-19
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Tegernsee,_Kingdom_of_Bavaria,_German_Empire
gptkbp:editor gptkb:The_Home_and_Foreign_Review
gptkb:The_Rambler
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 Sir John Acton
gptkbp:influenced historical scholarship
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Lord_Macaulay
gptkb:Alexis_de_Tocqueville
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkb:Italian
English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:House_of_Lords
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFor Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Essays_on_Freedom_and_Power
gptkb:Lectures_on_Modern_History
gptkb:The_History_of_Freedom_and_Other_Essays
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:historian
gptkb:writer
politician
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Marie_Louise_Pelline_von_Dalberg
gptkb:Sir_Ferdinand_Richard_Edward_Dalberg-Acton
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:signature Acton signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marie_Anna_Ludomilla_Euphrosina_Gräfin_von_Arco_auf_Valley
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Acton_Society_Trust
gptkb:Acton_Institute
gptkbp:title gptkb:1st_Baron_Acton
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:St_John's_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5