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Anthony Frederick Blunt (26 September 1907 – 26 March 1983), [4] styled Sir Anthony Blunt KCVO from 1956 to November 1979, was a leading British art historian and Soviet spy . Blunt was a professor of art history at the University of London, the director of the Courtauld Institute of Art and Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures.
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Nov 17, 2019 · Entertainment. TV. A KGB Spy Worked in Buckingham Palace For Decades. The Crown Only Tells Part of the Story. Anthony Blunt remained in the Queen's service long after confessing to being a...
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Nov 17, 2019 · Anthony Blunt was the art curator for Queen Elizabeth & the royal family. Later, he was discovered as a Russian spy. Here, how Blunt's true story compares to The Crown season 3's plot line.
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Anthony Blunt (born Sept. 26, 1907, Bournemouth, Hampshire, Eng.—died March 26, 1983, London) was a British art historian who late in his life was revealed to have been a Soviet spy. While a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, in the 1930s Blunt became a member of a circle of disaffected young men led by Guy Burgess, under whose influence ...
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Nov 25, 2019 · Anthony Blunt was a Soviet agent who worked as a curator for the Queen's art collection and a professor of art history. He confessed to his treason in 1964, but his role was kept secret until 1979, when Margaret Thatcher revealed it to the public.
Nov 20, 2019 · Learn about the true story behind the spy that stole the Queen's art, Anthony Blunt, who was revealed as a Soviet agent in 1979. Discover his role in the Royal Collection, the Courtauld Institute, and the Queen's Gallery.
Mar 27, 1983 · Anthony Blunt, a former curator of Queen Elizabeth II's art collection who in 1979 was exposed as having been the mysterious fourth man in a Soviet spying ring, collapsed and died at breakfast...
