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
George Shaw (civil servant) Commissioner of Upper Burma in 1905, and finally as Lieutenant-Governor for part of 1913. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Star of India in 1908. He retired in 1914 and was knighted that same year. He died in Fulham, London, aged 73. George Shaw (civil servant) Sir George Watson Shaw (3 January 1858 – 27 November 1931) was a British colonial civil servant who was Lieutenant Governor of the British Crown Colony of Burma from 15 May to 1 November 1913. Shaw was born in Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland, the son of Major Robert Shaw of the