Harold Acton

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Harold Acton

Country

Great Britain

Birth - Death

1904 - 1994

Occupation

Poet

Notable Achievements

CBE

Description

Poet, novelist, historian, university lecturer, Royal Air Force officer, and philanthropist. Acton's true vocation was that of an aesthete with a mission, in his own words, to "excite rage in the hearts of the Philistines." Created the fashion for Oxford bags - trousers which had a lot of fabric in the legs. Appointed a Knight Bachelor (1974).

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