Philby
Americannoun
noun
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Harold Adrian Russell, known as Kim. 1912–88, English double agent; defected to the Soviet Union (1963)
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his father, H ( arry ) Saint John ( Bridger ). 1885–1960, British explorer, civil servant, and Arabist
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Philby would go on to tell his then friend that "if he had his whole life to lead again, he would probably have behaved in the same way".
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025
Another contributor was Kim Philby, the former MI6 officer and Soviet spy, who had been working for the Russians since the early 1930s.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2024
Legendary real-life double agent Kim Philby, the inspiration for “Tinker,” is another towering figure in Cornwell’s decades-long mastery at psychologizing spies and their “self-imposed schizophrenia.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
Anna Maxwell Martin and Guy Pearce are excellent as Thomas and Philby, and Damian Lewis is outstanding as Elliott, the colorless spy’s spy whose skills and motives are in question until the end.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2023
In 1945, the head of Soviet counterintelligence for MI6 was Kim Philby, a respected agent who many believed would someday rise to be Britain's spy chief.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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