AKA Harold Adrian Russell Philby

Born: 1-Jan-1912
Birthplace: Ambala, Punjab, India
Died: 11-May-1988
Location of death: Moscow, Russia
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Kuntsevo Cemetery, Moscow, Russia

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Spy

Nationality: England
Executive summary: One of the Cambridge Five in MI6

Father: St. John Philby (Arabist diplomat)
Wife: Litzi Friedman (m. Feb-1934, div. 1946)
Wife: Aileen Furs (m. 1942, d. 1957)
Wife: Eleanor Brewer (m. Jan-1959, div., d. 1968)
Wife: Rufina Pukhova (m. 1972)
Daughter: Anne Philby (by Eleanor)

    High School: Westminster School, London, England
    University: BA Economics, Cambridge University (1933)

    KGB Agent
    MI6 Agent
    Bletchley Park SIS liaison officer
    The London Times correspondent
    The London Daily Telegraph correspondent
    Order of Lenin
    Officer of the British Empire 1946, rescinded 1965
    Nervous Breakdown
    Traveled to the USSR 1963
    Defected to the USSR (1963)
    Naturalized Russian Citizen (Jul-1963)
    Suicide Attempt
    Risk Factors: Stuttering, Alcoholism, Depression, Smoking

Author of books:
My Silent War (1968, memoir)

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