Harold Acton
Harold Acton
Sir Harold Mario Mitchell Acton CBEwas a British writer, scholar, and dilettante. Acton was born at Villa La Pietra, near Florence, Italy. His 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...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth5 July 1904