acton

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von acton im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A habitational surname

An area of London

An aketon

A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail

Relevante Übersetzungen

John Emerich Edward Dahlberg Acton 1st Baron Acton

born Jan.10, 1834, Naples, Kingdom of Naples died June 19, 1902, Tegernsee, Bavaria, German Empire English historian. He served in the House of Commons (1859-65). Editor of the Roman Catholic monthly The Rambler (1859-64), he resigned because of papal criticism of his scientific approach to history. An adviser to William E. Gladstone from 1865, he was raised to the peerage in 1869. In 1895 he was appointed Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge. He later coordinated the massive publication project of The Cambridge Modern History. A critic of nationalism, he coined the familiar aphorism "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely

John Emerich Edward Dahlberg Acton 1st Baron Acton of Aldenham

born Jan.10, 1834, Naples, Kingdom of Naples died June 19, 1902, Tegernsee, Bavaria, German Empire English historian. He served in the House of Commons (1859-65). Editor of the Roman Catholic monthly The Rambler (1859-64), he resigned because of papal criticism of his scientific approach to history. An adviser to William E. Gladstone from 1865, he was raised to the peerage in 1869. In 1895 he was appointed Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge. He later coordinated the massive publication project of The Cambridge Modern History. A critic of nationalism, he coined the familiar aphorism "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely

Silbentrennung

Ac·ton

Türkische aussprache

äktın

Aussprache

/ˈaktən/ /ˈæktən/

Etymologie

[ 'ak-t&n ] (biographical name.) Old English āc (“oak”) + tūn (“farm”).