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Alan Nunn May

British physicist and Soviet spy (1911-2003) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 91

Alan Nunn May 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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United Kingdom
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1911 to 2003 · aged 91