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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.
Nov 17, 2019 · The Queen stripped Anthony Blunt of his knighthood immediately after the news broke, and though he remained in London, Blunt lived as a recluse until he died of a heart attack in 1983 at age 75.
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May 31, 2024 · Anthony Blunt 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 he was soon involved in espionage on
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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...
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Nov 25, 2019 · Learn about Anthony Blunt, a Cambridge-educated art historian who became a Soviet spy and infiltrated the British royal family. Discover how he was exposed, confessed and lived with his treason for decades.
Jul 24, 2009 · In his memoir, kept secret for 25 years, Anthony Blunt expressed regrets about becoming a Soviet spy, but no apologies.
Jul 22, 2021 · President of the British Academy David Cannadine discusses the life and unmasking of distinguished art historian Anthony Blunt as a former Soviet spy.
