The Naked Civil Servant (book) 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 Hurt. The book began as a 1964 radio interview with Crisp conducted by his friend and fellow eccentric Philip O'Connor. A managing director at Jonathan Cape heard the interview and commissioned the publication. Having sold only 3,500 copies when first released, the book became a success when it was republished following the television movie broadcast. The book contains many anecdotes about Crisp's life from childhood to middle age, including troubles
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