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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Label	Occurrences
Klaus Fuchs canonical	8
Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs	1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
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 ⓘ University of Leipzig ⓘ
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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Los Alamos Laboratory → employed → Klaus Fuchs ⓘ

Project Y → involvedScientist → Klaus Fuchs ⓘ

Klaus Fuchs → birthName → Klaus Fuchs self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs

British Mission to the Manhattan Project → notableMember → Klaus Fuchs ⓘ

Klaus → notableBearer → Klaus Fuchs ⓘ

Soviet atomic bomb project (indirectly, via espionage) → notableSpy → Klaus Fuchs ⓘ

Fuchs → hasNotableBearer → Klaus Fuchs ⓘ

Kristel Fuchs → siblingOf → Klaus Fuchs ⓘ

Kristel Fuchs → hasRelative → Klaus Fuchs ⓘ