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Just a question. What on Earth does: Blunt was Professor of the History of Art at the University of London, director of the Courtauld Institute of Art, Surveyor of the King's Pictures and London. mean?
Th article gives two reasons for his knighthood - Surveryor of the Queen's Pictures, and his work for MI5. Since no-one else at his rank in MI5 got knighted that I can think of (eg not Guy Liddel, not Tomas Harris, etc.) it was presumbaly the former cause. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.80.20.41 ( talk) 17:53, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
His Soviet cryptonym was Johnson. C 08:43, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
It is mentioned in the article that Blunt was a homosexual, but it seems like an off the cuff comment. There is nothing else in the article to support this and I have not found any information to this end anywhere else. Could someone confirm this or delete the reference please?-- Lorangriel 19:12, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
Read the biographies. Go to the library, search for Anthony Blunt, lookup homosexuality in the index, read. Wikipedia is not the end-all.
The questioner said he hadn't found informati0n anywhere else, therefore they are not treating it as the end-all. The request remains unanswered. Meerta ( talk) 02:39, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
Very interested by your new paragraphs, because I am trying to add details to the French text. Yes, Blunt is a great art historian and it seems important to insist on it. Addacat 01:41, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
This article is unbalanced. There is much material on Blunt's no doubt excellent achievements as an art historian and administrator but much less on what he is best known for-his spying. For example, what information did he pass on, what damage did he do? Was he run as a double agent after his exposure? This would explain the secrecy rather than his upper-class connections. Such material must surely be available in the biographies. Xxanthippe ( talk) 23:57, 9 February 2008 (UTC).
Can anyone add some information on this topic which is not covered in the article? Did he simply retire from public life? What he shunned by all his friends and colleagues? Where did he live and what did he do? Please reply on my talk page if you can do this! Ivankinsman ( talk) 11:24, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
See in the 'Memoirs' section. Cacadores ( talk) 22:58, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
Small point, but British_honours_system#Refusal_or_forfeiture says he was the "Third Man" and this article has him as the Fourth. Does it matter which one he is? Jddriessen ( talk) 12:24, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
He was the fourth of the 'Cambridge spy ring' to be publicly exposed, after Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, and Harold "Kim" Philby. Cacadores ( talk) 22:58, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
Surely the phrase "but Blunt never sang. " is more appropriate to an American prohibition-era gangster than a British subject? Could that be worded better? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.120.222.100 ( talk) 08:28, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
In different parts of the article, it is claimed that his Knighthood was awarded for his work with MI5, and for his work as an art historian. What was it actually awarded for? A source should exist somewhere, but I'm not sure where to look. -- RFBailey ( talk) 16:12, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
There is a passing exchange in file KV 2/981 at The National Archives dealing with the above adventuress (in the 1951) context of the Philby-Maclean 'departures' that Blunt was a Communist and Keeper of the King's Pictures, on which MB's comment was 'Only in England could this happen.' Jackiespeel ( talk) 22:57, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
There have been dozens of edits made recently by our anonymous friends which to the unskilled eye look tendentious and relatively unsourced. Expert attention needed. Xxanthippe ( talk) 08:53, 12 October 2010 (UTC).
One or more portions of this article duplicated other source(s). The material was copied from: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SShollis.htm & http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/06/books/the-fourth-man.html?pagewanted=6 Infringing material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you. Yoenit ( talk) 09:17, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
Needs to be straightened out, for instance alpha oder. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.226.60.68 ( talk) 14:34, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
A line was added to the lead but not the body of the article. I have reverted it as the lead is intended to be a summary of the article, and because "Blunt may have been a visitor" is a bit thin for us to throw such allegations around; more solid information is needed, I feel. Britmax ( talk) 21:10, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
There is some allegation (albeit mudslinging more than credible) that Rothschild was a spy, but not anything to support WP repeating the allegation. However there's no way that Whitney Straight could be said to work for MI5. This is a very unclear sentence. Andy Dingley ( talk) 10:34, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
This article needs a 'Personal life' section. It mentions in passing that Blunt was gay, but gives no information on who he had relationships with. Did he also have any relationships with women? I would like to see such detail added to the article. -- Viennese Waltz 10:03, 18 November 2019 (UTC)
King George VI asked Blunt... to conduct the Royal Librarian, Owen Morshead, to Friedrichshof in March 1945 to liberate letters to the Empress Victoria, a daughter of Queen Victoria, and mother to Kaiser Wilhelm.
User:Tony 1212 removed information that Victor Rothschild was under suspicion. Miranda Carter, whose book is cited, states: The Times speculated that Blunt might have converted Wittgenstein. Victor Rothschild was mentioned, along with one of Blunt's least favourite people, the former head of Sotheby's, Peter Wilson." Earlier in her book she writes: "Secretly Wright added the Rothschilds to his list of suspects." Perhaps this information should be reinstated. -- Robert.Allen ( talk) 03:27, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
The king had good reason to worry. The senior American officers at Friedrichshof Castle, Kathleen Nash and Jack Durant, were later arrested for looting and put on trial
on 27th April 2024, an article in the Daily telegraph revealed that anthony blunt had given military secrets to german intelligence. since the story as of the time im wriitng this is quite new, the article is the only source so far for this, and behind a paywall. free sources will most likely be relesaed soon, so whoever updates this page add blunts nazi ties Bird244 ( talk) 17:46, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
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Just a question. What on Earth does: Blunt was Professor of the History of Art at the University of London, director of the Courtauld Institute of Art, Surveyor of the King's Pictures and London. mean?
Th article gives two reasons for his knighthood - Surveryor of the Queen's Pictures, and his work for MI5. Since no-one else at his rank in MI5 got knighted that I can think of (eg not Guy Liddel, not Tomas Harris, etc.) it was presumbaly the former cause. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.80.20.41 ( talk) 17:53, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
His Soviet cryptonym was Johnson. C 08:43, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
It is mentioned in the article that Blunt was a homosexual, but it seems like an off the cuff comment. There is nothing else in the article to support this and I have not found any information to this end anywhere else. Could someone confirm this or delete the reference please?-- Lorangriel 19:12, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
Read the biographies. Go to the library, search for Anthony Blunt, lookup homosexuality in the index, read. Wikipedia is not the end-all.
The questioner said he hadn't found informati0n anywhere else, therefore they are not treating it as the end-all. The request remains unanswered. Meerta ( talk) 02:39, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
Very interested by your new paragraphs, because I am trying to add details to the French text. Yes, Blunt is a great art historian and it seems important to insist on it. Addacat 01:41, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
This article is unbalanced. There is much material on Blunt's no doubt excellent achievements as an art historian and administrator but much less on what he is best known for-his spying. For example, what information did he pass on, what damage did he do? Was he run as a double agent after his exposure? This would explain the secrecy rather than his upper-class connections. Such material must surely be available in the biographies. Xxanthippe ( talk) 23:57, 9 February 2008 (UTC).
Can anyone add some information on this topic which is not covered in the article? Did he simply retire from public life? What he shunned by all his friends and colleagues? Where did he live and what did he do? Please reply on my talk page if you can do this! Ivankinsman ( talk) 11:24, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
See in the 'Memoirs' section. Cacadores ( talk) 22:58, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
Small point, but British_honours_system#Refusal_or_forfeiture says he was the "Third Man" and this article has him as the Fourth. Does it matter which one he is? Jddriessen ( talk) 12:24, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
He was the fourth of the 'Cambridge spy ring' to be publicly exposed, after Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, and Harold "Kim" Philby. Cacadores ( talk) 22:58, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
Surely the phrase "but Blunt never sang. " is more appropriate to an American prohibition-era gangster than a British subject? Could that be worded better? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.120.222.100 ( talk) 08:28, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
In different parts of the article, it is claimed that his Knighthood was awarded for his work with MI5, and for his work as an art historian. What was it actually awarded for? A source should exist somewhere, but I'm not sure where to look. -- RFBailey ( talk) 16:12, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
There is a passing exchange in file KV 2/981 at The National Archives dealing with the above adventuress (in the 1951) context of the Philby-Maclean 'departures' that Blunt was a Communist and Keeper of the King's Pictures, on which MB's comment was 'Only in England could this happen.' Jackiespeel ( talk) 22:57, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
There have been dozens of edits made recently by our anonymous friends which to the unskilled eye look tendentious and relatively unsourced. Expert attention needed. Xxanthippe ( talk) 08:53, 12 October 2010 (UTC).
One or more portions of this article duplicated other source(s). The material was copied from: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SShollis.htm & http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/06/books/the-fourth-man.html?pagewanted=6 Infringing material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you. Yoenit ( talk) 09:17, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
Needs to be straightened out, for instance alpha oder. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.226.60.68 ( talk) 14:34, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
A line was added to the lead but not the body of the article. I have reverted it as the lead is intended to be a summary of the article, and because "Blunt may have been a visitor" is a bit thin for us to throw such allegations around; more solid information is needed, I feel. Britmax ( talk) 21:10, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
There is some allegation (albeit mudslinging more than credible) that Rothschild was a spy, but not anything to support WP repeating the allegation. However there's no way that Whitney Straight could be said to work for MI5. This is a very unclear sentence. Andy Dingley ( talk) 10:34, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
This article needs a 'Personal life' section. It mentions in passing that Blunt was gay, but gives no information on who he had relationships with. Did he also have any relationships with women? I would like to see such detail added to the article. -- Viennese Waltz 10:03, 18 November 2019 (UTC)
King George VI asked Blunt... to conduct the Royal Librarian, Owen Morshead, to Friedrichshof in March 1945 to liberate letters to the Empress Victoria, a daughter of Queen Victoria, and mother to Kaiser Wilhelm.
User:Tony 1212 removed information that Victor Rothschild was under suspicion. Miranda Carter, whose book is cited, states: The Times speculated that Blunt might have converted Wittgenstein. Victor Rothschild was mentioned, along with one of Blunt's least favourite people, the former head of Sotheby's, Peter Wilson." Earlier in her book she writes: "Secretly Wright added the Rothschilds to his list of suspects." Perhaps this information should be reinstated. -- Robert.Allen ( talk) 03:27, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
The king had good reason to worry. The senior American officers at Friedrichshof Castle, Kathleen Nash and Jack Durant, were later arrested for looting and put on trial
on 27th April 2024, an article in the Daily telegraph revealed that anthony blunt had given military secrets to german intelligence. since the story as of the time im wriitng this is quite new, the article is the only source so far for this, and behind a paywall. free sources will most likely be relesaed soon, so whoever updates this page add blunts nazi ties Bird244 ( talk) 17:46, 27 April 2024 (UTC)