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Acton, Sir Harold Mario Mitchell (1904-1994), writer, scholar, and aesthete
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Dates of existence
5 July 1904 – 27 February 1994
History
Writer, scholar, and aesthete who was a prominent member of the Bright Young Things. He wrote fiction, biography, history and autobiography. During his stay in China, he studied the Chinese language, traditional drama, and poetry, some of which he translated.
Educated at Eton College and Christ Church College, Oxford.