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Acton (of Aldenham), John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
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| (1834–1902)
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| biography:
| Historian, born in Naples, SW Italy, grandson of Sir John Acton. He studied at St Mary's College, Oscott, Ireland, and at Munich University. He sat as a Liberal member of parliament (1859–64), and was created a baron in 1869. As a leader of the Liberal Roman Catholics in England, he opposed the doctrine of papal infallibility. In 1895 he was appointed professor of modern history at Cambridge, and was founder editor of the Cambridge Modern History. |
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