Whittaker Chambers

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Whittaker Chambers was an American writer and former Soviet spy whose testimony in the Alger Hiss case became a pivotal moment in the early Cold War and U.S. anti-communist politics.

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instanceOf Soviet spy
communist defector
editor
human
journalist
writer
awardReceived Presidential Medal of Freedom
surface form: Posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom

Presidential Medal of Freedom
burialPlace Pipe Creek Farm, near Westminster, Maryland
causeOfDeath heart attack
convertedTo Christianity
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1901-04-01
dateOfDeath 1961-07-09
educatedAt Columbia University
employer Time magazine
familyName Chambers
fullName Jay Vivian Chambers
genre autobiography
political writing
givenName Jay
hasChild Ellen Chambers
John Chambers
honoredBy Ronald Reagan
surface form: President Ronald Reagan
ideology anti-communism
knownFor role in early Cold War anti-communist politics in the United States
testimony in the Alger Hiss case
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Communist Party USA
Soviet underground apparatus in the United States
notableWork Can You Hear Their Voices? A Short Story
Cold Friday
Witness
occupation editor
journalist
translator
writer
participantIn Alger Hiss perjury case
House Un-American Activities Committee
surface form: House Un-American Activities Committee hearings
placeOfBirth Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath Westminster, Maryland, United States
positionHeld senior editor at Time magazine
pseudonym Whittaker Chambers
religion Religious Society of Friends
surface form: Quakerism
residence Westminster, Maryland, United States
sexOrGender male
significantEvent broke with the Communist Party in the late 1930s
produced the "Pumpkin Papers" as evidence
publicly accused Alger Hiss of espionage
spouse Esther Shemitz

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Chambers hasNotableBearer Whittaker Chambers
Whittaker Chambers pseudonym Whittaker Chambers