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    Arthur Mario Acton (1873–1953) was a British architect, art dealer and collector. Arthur Acton was the illegitimate son of Eugene Arthur Roger Acton (1836–1895)...
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    family of Actons. His father was the successful art collector and dealer Arthur Acton (1873–1953), the illegitimate son of Eugene Arthur Roger Acton (1836–1895)...
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    Acton, West Acton, East Acton, South Acton, Acton Green, Acton Town, Acton Vale and Acton Central are all parts of Acton. Acton means "oak farm" or "farm...
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    half-share of Arthur Acton's $1 billion art collection, and DNA testing has confirmed that she is his granddaughter. When Acton's son Sir Harold Acton died in...
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    Tuscany in central Italy. It was formerly the home of Arthur Acton and later of his son Harold Acton, on whose death in 1994 it was bequeathed to New York...
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    Acton (16 August 1906 – 31 August 1945) was an Anglo-Italian painter. William Hamilton Mitchell Acton was born on 16 August 1906, the son of Arthur Acton...
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    S. Conway, Professor of Latin at Manchester University; Arthur Acton, father of Harold Acton; R.S. Spranger; the Irish poet Herbert Trench. According...
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  • Baron Acton, of Aldenham in the County of Shropshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 11 December 1869 for Sir John...
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    (1871–1962) married the British architect, art dealer and collector Arthur Acton (1873–1953). John J. Mitchell died in Libertyville, Illinois on October...
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    outside Florence in the 20th century, to decorate gardens created there by Arthur Acton. They stand there alongside statues by the Paduan sculptor Antonio Bonazza...
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    The Acton swing bridge is a swing bridge spanning the River Weaver in the village of Acton Bridge in north Cheshire, England. First operated in 1933, it...
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  • (continues to 1912). Ernst Sellin begins work at Tell es-Sultan, Jericho. Arthur Acton begins work at the Roman legionary works depot at Holt, Wales. British...
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    Acton is a suburb of Canberra, ACT, Australia. Acton covers an area west of the CBD, bordered by Black Mountain to the west and Lake Burley Griffin in...
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    and at its centre, lies Acton Park (Welsh: Parc Gwaunyterfyn / Parc Acton), the location of the former Acton Hall. The name 'Acton' is thought to have been...
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    Acton, London. It was built in 1902 and was designed by Edward Goldie in the Romanesque Revival style. It is located on Acton High Street, near Acton...
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  • taken up by Arthur Acton of the well-known English expatriate family, who was engaged in restoring the gardens of Villa La Pietra, Acton's villa outside...
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    Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (/ˈiːvlɪn ˈsɪndʒən ˈwɔː/; 28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books;...
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    Port Arthur is a town and former convict settlement on the Tasman Peninsula, in Tasmania, Australia. It is located approximately 97 kilometres (60 mi)...
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    Thomas Coxon Acton Sr. (February 23, 1823 – May 1, 1898) was an American public servant, politician, reformer, police commissioner of the New York City...
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    Monmouth (Latin: Galfridus Monemutensis, Galfridus Arturus; Welsh: Gruffudd ap Arthur, Sieffre o Fynwy; c. 1095 – c. 1155) was a Catholic cleric from Monmouth...
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    Hildebrand, the collectors of Cézanne Egisto Fabbri and Charles Loeser, and Arthur Acton. As Bernard Berenson later recalled, "for years Gamberaia remained one...
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    The Acton–Northolt line (ANL), otherwise known as the New North Main Line (NNML), is a railway line in West London, England. Built between 1903 and 1906...
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    Arthur Betz Laffer (/ˈlæfər/; born August 14, 1940) is an American economist and author who first gained prominence during the Reagan administration as...
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    each first published in 1846 under the pseudonyms of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. Although her first novel, The Professor, was rejected by publishers...
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    author Anne Brontë. It was first published in 1848 under the pseudonym Acton Bell. Probably the most shocking of the Brontës' novels, it had an instant...
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    academic. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ealing Central and Acton since 2015. Rupa Huq was born on 2 April 1972 in Queen Charlotte's Hospital...
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  • Ferdinand Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 5th Baron Acton (born 19 August 1966), is a British author and peer. Born in Oxford, Lyon-Dalberg-Acton was educated at Winchester...
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    Regional County Municipalities of Acton and Les Maskoutains. It includes the communities of Saint-Hyacinthe, Acton Vale, Saint-Pie, Sainte-Madeleine,...
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    published their poems and novels under male pseudonyms: Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. Their stories attracted attention for their passion and originality...
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  • to New South Wales in 1839, and later purchased land near Queanbeyan at Acton. He also owned land in Sydney, notably at Canterbury and Kirribilli. In...
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