Klaus Fuchs

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Soviet spy human physicist theoretical physicist

Klaus Fuchs was a German-born theoretical physicist and Soviet spy who passed crucial atomic secrets from the U.S. and U.K. nuclear programs to the Soviet Union during and after World War II.

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Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs 1

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instanceOf Soviet spy ⓘ
human ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
theoretical physicist ⓘ
awardReceived National Prize of East Germany ⓘ
Patriotic Order of Merit in silver ⓘ
birthName Klaus Fuchs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
citizenship Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
convictedOf espionage ⓘ
countryOfBirth German Empire ⓘ
countryOfConviction United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfDeath East Germany ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1911-12-29 ⓘ
dateOfConviction 1950-03-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1988-01-28 ⓘ
dateOfRelease 1959-06-23 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Bristol ⓘ
University of Edinburgh ⓘ
University of Kiel NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Leipzig NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell ⓘ
University of Birmingham ⓘ
surface form: Birmingham University

Central Institute for Nuclear Research Rossendorf ⓘ
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics ⓘ
Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ
University of Bristol ⓘ
University of Edinburgh ⓘ
familyName Fuchs ⓘ
father Emil Fuchs ⓘ
fieldOfWork nuclear physics ⓘ
theoretical physics ⓘ
givenName Klaus ⓘ
memberOf Communist Party of Germany ⓘ
Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
movedTo East Germany ⓘ
notableFor passing crucial atomic secrets from U.S. and U.K. nuclear programs to the Soviet Union during and after World War II ⓘ
notableWork contributions to the design of the hydrogen bomb ⓘ
theoretical calculations for the implosion design of the plutonium bomb ⓘ
transmission of atomic secrets to the Soviet Union ⓘ
occupation physicist ⓘ
spy ⓘ
participantIn Tube Alloys programme ⓘ
surface form: British Tube Alloys project

Manhattan Project ⓘ
Soviet atomic bomb project (indirectly, via espionage) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Rüsselsheim am Main ⓘ
surface form: Rüsselsheim
placeOfDeath East Berlin ⓘ
placeOfDetention Wakefield Prison ⓘ
positionHeld deputy director of the Central Institute for Nuclear Research Rossendorf ⓘ
religion Protestantism (family background) ⓘ
residence Birmingham ⓘ
Bristol ⓘ
Bezirk Dresden ⓘ
surface form: Dresden region

Edinburgh ⓘ
Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell ⓘ
surface form: Harwell

Los Alamos, New Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Los Alamos
sentence 14 years imprisonment ⓘ
sibling Klaus’s brother Gerhard Fuchs ⓘ
Kristel Fuchs ⓘ
spiedFor Soviet Union ⓘ
spiedOn United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

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Klaus Fuchs → birthName → Klaus Fuchs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs
Los Alamos Laboratory → employed → Klaus Fuchs ⓘ
Project Y → involvedScientist → Klaus Fuchs ⓘ