Donald Maclean

GPTKB entity

Properties (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Police_Department
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:British_Communist_Party
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Cambridge_Five
gptkbp:awards None publicly acknowledged
gptkbp:born March 25, 1913
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:contribution gptkb:Soviet_intelligence
gptkbp:controversy Betrayal_of_British_intelligence
gptkbp:culturalImpact Symbol of betrayal in espionage
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cuba
gptkbp:debutYear Lived_in_Cuba
gptkbp:depictedIn Various media adaptations
gptkbp:died March 15, 1983
gptkbp:education gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:famousFor Defection_to_the_Soviet_Union
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Donald_Charles_Cameron_Maclean
gptkbp:historicalContext Post-World_War_II_espionage
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Part of the Cambridge Five scandal
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Donald Maclean
gptkbp:image Donald Maclean.jpg
gptkbp:impact Cold_War_dynamics
gptkbp:influence Intelligence community
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Communism
gptkbp:influenceOn Modern espionage practices
gptkbp:inspiration Literature and film about espionage
gptkbp:involvedIn Cold War espionage
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Espionage_for_the_Soviet_Union
gptkbp:legacy Controversial figure in espionage history
gptkbp:nationality British
Scottish
gptkbp:nickname Don
gptkbp:notableEvent Defection in 1951
gptkbp:notableWorks Espionage activities
gptkbp:occupation Diplomat
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Sir_Donald_Maclean,_1st_Baronet
gptkbp:personalLife Married with children
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Havana,_Cuba
Cancer
gptkbp:publicPerception Divided opinions
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Guy_Burgess
gptkb:Kim_Philby
gptkb:Anthony_Blunt
gptkb:John_Cairncross
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Melinda_Maclean
gptkbp:strategicGoals Soviet_infiltration_of_Western_intelligence
gptkbp:yearsActive 1930s–1950s