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Anthony Frederick Blunt (26 September 1907 – 26 March 1983), 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.
- Knighted, but later lost his knighthood due to treason
- Anthony Frederick Blunt, 26 September 1907, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England
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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Nov 17, 2019 · A KGB spy worked in Buckingham Palace For Decades, and The Crown season 3 tells part of the story. Here's what you should know about Anthony Blunt who remained in Queen Elizabeth's service long...
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Mar 22, 2024 · 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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Jul 22, 2009 · Anthony Blunt memoir reveals spy's regret at 'the biggest mistake of my life' | Second world war | The Guardian. Anthony Blunt, whose account of his wartime espionage and public unmasking...
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Learn how Anthony Blunt, a knight and art historian, betrayed Britain as a Soviet agent and a member of the Cambridge Five spy ring. Discover how he accessed and copied the Queen's letters and art collection and why he was never prosecuted.
Nov 17, 2011 · Originally published in the Guardian on 17 November 1979 : Anthony Blunt, the former surveyor of the Queen's pictures was unmasked as a wartime Soviet spy
