Lord Acton

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Lord Acton was a 19th-century English historian and moralist best known for his writings on liberty and his famous dictum that "power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

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Baron Acton 4
Lord Acton canonical 4

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instanceOf Roman Catholic ⓘ
historian ⓘ
human ⓘ
liberal thinker ⓘ
moralist ⓘ
peer of the United Kingdom ⓘ
politician ⓘ
birthName John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1834-01-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1902-06-19 ⓘ
describedBySource Catholic Encyclopedia ⓘ
Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
educatedAt Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich ⓘ
Oscott College ⓘ
University of Munich ⓘ
employer University of Cambridge ⓘ
familyName Acton ⓘ
famousQuotation Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ⓘ
father Sir Ferdinand Richard Edward Acton ⓘ
fieldOfWork history ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
genre historical writing ⓘ
political essay ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasPartInHisName Dalberg-Acton ⓘ
honorificTitle Lord ⓘ
influenced Friedrich Hayek ⓘ
Isaiah Berlin ⓘ
influencedBy Alexis de Tocqueville ⓘ
Lord Macaulay ⓘ
knownFor critique of absolute power ⓘ
liberal Catholicism ⓘ
writings on liberty ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
mother Marie Louise Pelline de Dalberg ⓘ
movement classical liberalism ⓘ
liberal Catholic movement ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron Acton ⓘ
linked to: Lord Acton
notableWork Lectures on Modern History ⓘ
The History of Freedom in Antiquity ⓘ
The History of Freedom in Christianity ⓘ
occupation editor ⓘ
historian ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
moral philosopher ⓘ
politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ⓘ
Naples ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ
Tegernsee ⓘ
positionHeld Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Aldenham Park ⓘ
Shropshire ⓘ
spouse Countess Marie von Arco-Valley ⓘ

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Herbert Butterfield → notableWork → Lord Acton ⓘ
Herbert Butterfield → influencedBy → Lord Acton ⓘ
Lord Acton → nobleTitle → Baron Acton ⓘ
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Sir Ferdinand Richard Edward Acton → hasDescendant → Baron Acton ⓘ
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Dalberg-Acton → associatedWithTitle → Baron Acton ⓘ
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Dalberg-Acton → notableBearer → Lord Acton ⓘ
John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton → nobleTitle → Baron Acton ⓘ
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