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Currently, Anthony Blunt is 116 years, 7 months and 2 days old. Anthony Blunt will celebrate 117rd birthday on a Thursday 26th of September 2024. Below we countdown to Anthony Blunt upcoming birthday.
Popular As | Anthony Blunt |
Occupation | Historian |
Age | 113 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Libra |
Born | September 26, 1907 (England) |
Birthday | September 26 |
Town/City | England |
Nationality | England |
Anthony Blunt’s zodiac sign is Libra. According to astrologers, People born under the sign of Libra are peaceful, fair, and they hate being alone. Partnership is very important for them, as their mirror and someone giving them the ability to be the mirror themselves. These individuals are fascinated by balance and symmetry, they are in a constant chase for justice and equality, realizing through life that the only thing that should be truly important to themselves in their own inner core of personality. This is someone ready to do nearly anything to avoid conflict, keeping the peace whenever possible
Anthony Blunt was born in the Year of the Goat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Goat enjoy being alone in their thoughts. They’re creative, thinkers, wanderers, unorganized, high-strung and insecure, and can be anxiety-ridden. They need lots of love, support and reassurance. Appearance is important too. Compatible with Pig or Rabbit.
Best remembered for his secret career as a spy for the Soviet Union, this English art historian, University of London professor, and director of London's Courtauld Institute of Art was a member of the infamous "Cambridge Five" espionage group.
He studied mathematics and languages at Trinity College, Cambridge, and subsequently became a teacher of French language and art history.
He stated that fellow English-born Soviet spy Guy Burgess invited him to work for the Soviet Union's People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD).
He grew up in Hampshire, England, as one of three sons born to Hilda Violet Blunt and minister Stanley Vaughan Blunt. His brother Wilfrid Jasper Walter Blunt also had a career as an art historian.
He and Irish poet Louis MacNeice attended England's Marlborough College at the same time. MacNeice later referenced Blunt in a memoir titled The Strings are False.