The Naked Civil Servant (book) he faced by refusing to hide his homosexuality and flamboyant lifestyle during a time when such behaviour was criminalized in the United Kingdom. Crisp also recalls his various jobs including book designer, nude model, and prostitute. The title derives from Crisp's quip about being an art model: employed by schools, models are ultimately paid by the Department for Education. They are essentially civil employees who are naked during office hours. The Naked Civil Servant (book) The Naked Civil Servant is the 1968 autobiography of British gay icon Quentin Crisp, adapted into a 1975 film of the same name starring John
Thomas Le Fanu (civil servant) Lucie Catherine Le Fanu (1901-1996), who married the educationalist John Traill Christie; and their son William Richard LeFanu (1904-1995), who became a librarian and was the husband of the composer Elizabeth Maconchy. The composer Nicola LeFanu is their granddaughter. Thomas Le Fanu (civil servant) Thomas Philip Le Fanu CB (9 December 1858 - 21 October 1945) was an Irish civil servant. Born in Ireland to a Hugenot family, he was the son of William Richard Le Fanu (1816-1894) and his wife Henrietta Victorine Barrington, daughter of Sir Matthew Barrington, 2nd Baronet. He was educated in England at Haileybury College and