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Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron, 1834-1902

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Personal name headingActon, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron, 1834-1902
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Variant(s)Acton, Lord, 1834-1902
Akton, lord, 1834-1902
Dalberg-Acton, John, Baron Acton, 1834-1902
Associated countryEngland Cambridge (England)
Associated placeMunich (Germany)
LocatedMorville (England)
Birth date1834-01-10
Death date1902-06-19
Place of birthNaples (Italy)
Place of deathTegernsee (Germany)
AffiliationUniversity of Cambridge. Faculty of History
Profession or occupationHistorians
University and college faculty members
Found inIzquierdo Fernándes, Gonzalo. La libertad política en el liberalismo del siglo XIX, 1979: page 71 (Lord Acton; 1834-1902)
LC data base, January 25, 1984 (hdg.: Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron, 1834-1902)
Who was who, 1897-1915, 1967: page 3 (Acton, 1st Baron; Sir John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, Bt.; b. Naples 1834; d. 19 June 1902)
Sudʹby liberalʹnoĭ filosofii istorii, 1989: title page (Akton) title page verso (... lorda Aktona, 1834-1902)
Oxford dictionary of national biography, viewed online on May 13, 2021 (Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg, first Baron Acton; historian and moralist; born January 10, 1834, in Naples, Italy, as the only child of Sir Ferdinand Richard Edward Acton, seventh baronet; he studied in Paris, at Oscott College (Birmingham, England), and at Edinburgh; he spent six years in Munich, Germany, studying privately with Ignaz Döllinger; he settled at his family estate at Aldenham, near Morville in Shropshire; he was known for his contributions to the intellectual life of English Catholics; on December 11, 1869, he was created Baron Acton of Aldenham, one of the first two Roman Catholic peers created since Catholic emancipation; in 1895, he was named Regius Professor of modern history at the University of Cambridge; he died on June 19, 1902, in Tegernsee, Bavaria)
English Wikipedia, viewed May 13, 2021 (John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton; John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, 13th Marquess of Groppoli, KCVO, DL; better known as Lord Acton; born 1834; died 1902; English Catholic historian, politician, and writer; between 1837 and 1869 he was known as Sir John Dalberg-Acton, 8th Baronet)
New Catholic encyclopedia. Second edition, 2003: volume 1, page 84 (Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg; historian)
Associated languageeng ger