James B. Donovan

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author diplomat human lawyer negotiator

James B. Donovan was an American lawyer and negotiator best known for defending Soviet spy Rudolf Abel and orchestrating the Cold War prisoner exchange dramatized in the film "Bridge of Spies."

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Label Occurrences
James B. Donovan canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf author ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
negotiator ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts ⓘ
Bachelor of Laws ⓘ
authorOf Challenges: Reflections of a Lawyer-at-Large ⓘ
Strangers on a Bridge ⓘ
burialPlace Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, New York, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1916-02-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1970-01-19 ⓘ
educatedAt Fordham University ⓘ
Harvard Law School ⓘ
employer Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine ⓘ
Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
familyName Donovan ⓘ
fullName James Britt Donovan ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
memberOf New York State Bar ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Navy ⓘ
notableWork defense of Rudolf Abel ⓘ
negotiation of the 1962 prisoner exchange of Rudolf Abel for Francis Gary Powers ⓘ
negotiation of the release of Frederic Pryor ⓘ
negotiations for release of prisoners from Cuba after the Bay of Pigs Invasion ⓘ
numberOfChildren 4 ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
intelligence officer ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
negotiator ⓘ
participantIn Abel–Powers prisoner exchange ⓘ
Cold War ⓘ
placeOfBirth The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
surface form: Bronx, New York City, New York, United States
placeOfDeath Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
politicalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
portrayedBy Tom Hanks ⓘ
positionHeld general counsel of the Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
president of the New York Board of Education ⓘ
trustee of Pratt Institute ⓘ
vice president of the New York Board of Education ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
represented Rudolf Abel ⓘ
spouse Mary McKenna Donovan ⓘ
subjectOf Bridge of Spies ⓘ
surface form: film "Bridge of Spies"

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Bridge of Spies → mainCharacter → James B. Donovan ⓘ
Bridge of Spies → portrays → James B. Donovan ⓘ
Rudolf Abel → defendedBy → James B. Donovan ⓘ