Rhodesian-born British political theorist

Callinicos's mother, the Honorable Ædgyth Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, was the daughter of the 2nd Lord Acton, descended from the 19th-century English historian Lord Acton. [1]

Callinicos was educated at St George's College, Salisbury... student at Balliol College, Oxford, He also received his DPhil at Oxford. In 1977, Callinicos married Joanna Seddon,[1] a fellow Oxford doctoral student.