birth_date: 1913-07-25 00:00:00
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name: John Cairncross
about: John Cairncross (1913 – 1995) was a Scottish-born British civil servant who became an intelligence officer and spy during the Second World War. As a Soviet double agent, he passed to the Soviet Union the raw Tunny decryptions that influenced the Battle of Kursk. He was alleged to be the fifth member of the Cambridge Five. He is also notable as a translator and writer of non-fiction.
death_date: 1995-10-08 00:00:00