Alan Nunn May
British physicist and Soviet spy (1911–2003) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alan Nunn May (sometimes Allan)[n 1] (2 May 1911 – 12 January 2003) was a British physicist and a confessed and convicted Soviet spy who supplied secrets of British and American atomic research to the Soviet Union during World War II.
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Alan Nunn May | |
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Born | 2 May 1911 Bedruthan, Park Hill, Moseley, Birmingham, England |
Died | 12 January 2003(2003-01-12) (aged 91) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England |
Education | Trinity Hall, Cambridge, King's College London |
Political party | Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) |
Criminal charges | Espionage |
Criminal penalty | 10 years of hard labour (served 6 years) |
Spouse | Hilde Broda |
Children | 1 son |
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