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Anthony Blunt
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British art historian and Soviet spy (1907-1983)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1907
- Died
- 1983
- Works
- 89
Top works
- Les Impressionistes de la Collection Courtauld
- Paintings of Nicholas Poussin a Critical
- Artistic Theory in Italy, 1450-1600 (Oxford Paperbacks. no. 50.)
- Artistic Theory in Italy 1450-1600
- The nation's pictures;
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1974-02-22
Discography
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Trimmomatic: a flexible trimmer for Illumina sequence data
· 2014 · cited 60,438x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,693x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,400x
- Structure validation in chemical crystallography
· 2009 · cited 14,094x
- The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship
· 2016 · cited 13,862x
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Key facts
- Born
- Anthony Frederick Blunt , ( 1907-09-26 ) 26 September 1907, Bournemouth , Hampshire , England
- Died
- 26 March 1983 (1983-03-26) (aged 75), Westminster , London , England
- Burial place
- Putney Vale Cemetery and Crematorium , London, England
- Alma mater
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- Occupations
- Art historian , professor, writer, spy
- Awards
- KCVO , revoked in 1979
- Allegiance
- Soviet Union
- Codenames
- Tony Johnson Yan
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- The Soviet Union 1990 CPA 6266 stamp (Soviet Intelligence Agents. Kim Philby).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1907-09-26
- date of death
- 1983-03-26
- name in native language
- Anthony Blunt
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Article
Anthony Frederick Blunt (26 September 1907 – 26 March 1983), styled Sir Anthony Blunt KCVO from 1956 until November 1979, was a leading British art historian and a Soviet spy.
Blunt was a professor of the history of art at the University of London, the director of the Courtauld Institute of Art and Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures. His 1967 monograph on the French Baroque painter Nicolas Poussin is still widely regarded as a watershed book in art history. His teaching text and reference work Art and Architecture in France 1500–1700, first published in 1953, reached its fifth edition (in a version slightly revised by Richard Beresford) in 1999, at which time it was still considered the best account of the subject.