What is Harold Acton's full name?
Harold Mario Mitchell Acton
Harold Acton date of birth:
July 5, 1904
How old was Harold Acton when died?
89
Where was Harold Acton born?
Villa La Pietra, Galluzzo, near Florence, Italy
When did Harold Acton die?
February 27, 1994
Where did Harold Acton die?
Villa La Pietra, Galluzzo, near Florence, Italy
Is Harold Acton gay or straight?
Gay
What is Harold Acton nationality?
Italian
What is Harold Acton's occupation?
Writer, scholar, raconteur and aesthete
Harold Acton claim to fame:
The Last of the Medici (1930, 1932), Modern Chinese Poetry (with S.-H. Ch'en, 1936), Peonies and Ponies (1941, 1983), Memoirs of an Aesthete (1948), The [Last] Bourbons of Naples (1956, 1961), Ferdinando Galiani (1960), Florence (with M. Huerlimann, 1960)
Short Biography
Sir Harold Mario Mitchell Acton CBE (5 July 1904 – 27 February 1994) was a British writer, scholar, and dilettante. Born at Villa La Pietra, near Florence, Italy, Acton's father was a successful art collector and dealer, and his prominent Anglo-Italian family included the historian Lord Acton, and, more distantly, Sir John Acton, Commodore and prime minister of Naples under Ferdinand IV.