Dalberg-Acton, John Emerich Edward (1834-1902)

An admirer of George Eliot, John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton was an eminent Cambridge historian. He met George Eliot and George Henry Lewes several times in the last years of Lewes' life and was also a friend and advisor to John Cross. As may be gleaned from Dalberg-Acton’s letters, he became a dedicated fan of Eliot. In his writings about her, he took a unique stance on her religious views, saying that she could reach those that Christianity could not.

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