Difference between revisions of "Harold Acton"
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Revision as of 13:38, 22 May 2015
Contents
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).
