Sir John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baronet

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gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Magdalen_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:birthDate 1834-01-10
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Naples,_Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Aldenham,_Shropshire,_England
gptkbp:child gptkb:Richard_Lyon-Dalberg-Acton,_2nd_Baron_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 Sir John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
gptkbp:honorificPrefix gptkb:FRS
gptkb:FBA
The Right Honourable
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baronet
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Lord_Acton
gptkbp:knownFor liberal Catholicism
lectures on modern history
lectures on the French Revolution
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkb:Italian
English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:British_Academy
gptkb:House_of_Lords
gptkb:Royal_Historical_Society
gptkbp:memberOfParliamentFor gptkb:Bridgnorth
Carlo w
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFor Acton's Law: 'Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.'
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:historian
politician
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Marie_Louise_Pelline_von_Dalberg
Sir Ferdinand Richard Edward Dalberg-Acton, 7th Baronet
gptkbp:party gptkb:Liberal_Party
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholic
gptkbp:residence Aldenham Park, Shropshire
gptkbp:signature John Dalberg-Acton signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marie_Anna_Ludomilla_Euphrosina_Gräfin_von_Arco_auf_Valley
gptkbp:title gptkb:Baron_Acton
1st Baronet
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sir_Ferdinand_Richard_Edward_Dalberg-Acton
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