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Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess (16 April 1911 – 30 August 1963) was a British diplomat and Soviet double agent, and a member of the Cambridge Five spy ring that operated from the mid-1930s to the early years of the Cold War era.
Guy Burgess (born 1911, Devonport, Devon, Eng.—died Aug. 30, 1963, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was a British diplomat who spied for the Soviet Union in World War II and early in the Cold War period. At the University of Cambridge in the 1930s, Burgess was part of a group of upper-middle-class students—including Donald Maclean , Kim Philby ...
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Feb 23, 2015 · CBC. An interview with Cambridge Five member Guy Burgess remained lost for more than 50 years after its significance was overlooked by Canadian broadcasters. It has now been discovered, as BBC...
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Jan 10, 2017 · An unlikely friendship with Guy Burgess, the infamous British double-agent, brought unexpected joy to Stanley Weiss
Jun 2, 2016 · Listen to historian Andrew Lownie talk about the life and betrayal of Guy Burgess, one of the Cambridge spies who passed secrets to the Soviets. Learn about his childhood, education, career, sexuality and death in this audio podcast.
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Sep 29, 2015 · John Gray's biography of Guy Burgess, one of the Cambridge Five who betrayed Britain to the Soviet Union, explores his motives, personality and fate. Burgess was a charming, flamboyant and complex double agent who clung to his Old Etonian identity and never felt at home in Russia.
Guy Burgess. Guy Burgess (1911-63) was a British diplomat and intelligence officer who passed secrets to Moscow and later defected to the Soviet Union. Burgess was born in Plymouth, the son of a loyal and long-serving naval officer. From the age of nine, Burgess attended Lockers Park, a private boarding school in Hertfordshire.
