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
Benjamin Wegner (civil servant) Benjamin Wegner (civil servant) Jacob Benjamin Wegner (9 December 1868 in Christiania – 31 August 1949) was a Norwegian civil servant and lawyer, who served as district judge, magistrate, chief of police (corresponding to chief constable) of Helgeland and Rogaland, and governor of Romsdal. He was a son of the timber merchant Heinrich Benjamin Wegner and Henriette Frederikke Vibe i Oslo, and a grandson of the industrialist Benjamin Wegner and of the classical philologist Frederik Ludvig Vibe. He was the father of judge and chief of police Rolf Benjamin Wegner and the grandfather of chief of police Rolf Benjamin Wegner.