Anthony Blunt

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Anthony Blunt was a British art historian and former Surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures who was later exposed as a member of the Cambridge Five Soviet spy ring.

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instanceOf British person
Soviet agent
art historian
human
spy
awardReceived Companion of the Order of the Bath NERFINISHED
Order of the British Empire
causeOfDeath heart attack
confessedToSpying 1964
countryOfBirth United Kingdom NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1907-09-26
dateOfDeath 1983-03-26
educatedAt Marlborough College NERFINISHED
Trinity College, Cambridge
employer British Security Service (MI5) NERFINISHED
Courtauld Institute of Art NERFINISHED
University of London NERFINISHED
exposedAsSpy 1979
familyName Blunt NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Baroque art
Renaissance art
art history
fullName Anthony Frederick Blunt NERFINISHED
givenName Anthony
honorificTitle Sir
honourRevoked knighthood
knownFor Surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures
member of the Cambridge Five spy ring
languageSpoken English
memberOf Cambridge Five NERFINISHED
middleName Frederick NERFINISHED
nationality British
notableWork Art and Architecture in France, 1500–1700 NERFINISHED
Nicolas Poussin (monograph) NERFINISHED
The Drawings of Nicolas Poussin NERFINISHED
occupation art historian
intelligence officer
university teacher
placeOfBirth Bournemouth NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London
positionHeld Director of the Courtauld Institute of Art
Professor of the History of Art, University of London
Surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures
residence London, England
surface form: London
sexualOrientation gay
specializedIn Nicolas Poussin NERFINISHED
spiedFor Soviet Union NERFINISHED
workLocation London, England
surface form: London

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