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William Acton (1813–1875) was a British medical doctor and book writer. He was known for his books on masturbation. Biography. Acton was a native of Shillingstone and he enrolled as a resident apprentice at St Bartholomew's Hospital.
The poem mocks the Victorian ideal of female purity and the social evils that drive women into prostitution. It contrasts the country girl's moral shock with the town girl's success and happiness, reflecting the views of William Acton, a pioneer in exposing the truth about prostitution.
William Acton may refer to: Politicians. William Acton (senior), English MP; William Acton (junior), English MP; William Acton (MP for Orford) (c. 1684–1744), English MP; William Acton (MP for Bridgnorth) (1513–1567) , English MP; William Acton (Wicklow MP) (1789–1854), MP for Wicklow 1841–48
1 de ene. de 2000 · This article examines the life and work of William Acton, a Victorian physician and author of a controversial book on human sexuality. It explores the medical and professional context of his research and its impact on the history of sexuality.
William Acton, Margot Bendir, Elizabeth Ponsonby, Harry Melville, Babe Plunket Greene at David Tennant's party 1928. William Hamilton Mitchell Acton (16 August 1906 – 31 August 1945) was an Anglo-Italian painter.
11 William Acton, The Functions and Disorders ofthe Reproductive Organs in Childhood, Touth, Adult Age and Advanced Life, 6th ed. (London, 1903), 38. William Acton ys Antipodean Disciples 161 the mere evacuation of so much semen," a proposition supported by the
When the venereologist William Acton published his treatise on prostitution in 1857, he was contributing to a debate that had been running for decades. Like his predecessors, Acton reiterated a familiar body of information: the numbers of recorded prostitutes, the causes of prostitution, and the existing measures for its amelioration or prevention.
