Jay Vivian Chambers

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Jay Vivian Chambers was an American writer and former Soviet spy who became a key witness in the Alger Hiss espionage case during the early Cold War.

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instanceOf Soviet spy
human
whistleblower
accused Alger Hiss NERFINISHED
allegedActivity espionage for the Soviet Union in the 1930s
alsoKnownAs Whittaker Chambers NERFINISHED
archiveAt Hoover Institution, Stanford University NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1901-04-01
dateOfDeath 1961-07-09
describedIn early Cold War history of the United States
employer Time magazine NERFINISHED
United States government NERFINISHED
familyName Chambers NERFINISHED
formerIdeology communism
genre autobiography
political writing
givenName Jay NERFINISHED
ideology anti-communism
influenced American conservative movement
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Communist Party USA NERFINISHED
Soviet underground apparatus in the United States NERFINISHED
middleName Vivian NERFINISHED
nationality American
notableFor testimony against Alger Hiss
notableWork Witness NERFINISHED
occupation Soviet spy
editor
farmer
government informant
journalist
translator
writer
participatedIn Alger Hiss case
House Un-American Activities Committee hearings NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath Westminster, Maryland, United States NERFINISHED
religion Quakerism NERFINISHED
residence Westminster, Maryland, United States NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spouse Esther Shemitz NERFINISHED
testifiedBefore House Un-American Activities Committee NERFINISHED
workedOn Time magazine book review section NERFINISHED
Time magazine foreign news section

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Whittaker Chambers fullName Jay Vivian Chambers