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Melita Norwood

1912 - 2005

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Melita Stedman Norwood (née Sirnis Latvian: [zirnis]; 25 March 1912 – 2 June 2005) was a British civil servant, Communist Party of Great Britain member and KGB spy. Born to a British mother and Latvian father, Norwood is most famous for supplying the Soviet Union with state secrets concerning the development of atomic weapons from her job at the British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association, where she worked for 40 years. Despite the high strategic value of the information she passed to the Soviets, she refused to accept any financial rewards for her work. She rejected the Soviets' offer of a pension, and argued that her disclosures of classified work helped to avoid the possibility of a third world war involving the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Melita Norwood is the 1,707th most popular military personnel (down from 1,144th in 2019), the 3,484th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,956th in 2019) and the 88th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Melita Norwood ranks 1,707 out of 2,058. Before her are Pyotr Gavrilov, Karl Allmendinger, Gregor MacGregor, Nozu Michitsura, Prince Frederick of Prussia, and Giovanni Luppis. After her are Braxton Bragg, John Benbow, Henry III, Count of Bar, Frederick C. Weyand, Ivan Maslennikov, and Antonio Luna.

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Among people born in 1912, Melita Norwood ranks 257. Before her are Horace W. Babcock, Glenn Morris, Maurice Guigue, Jan Brzák-Felix, Silviu Bindea, and František Šterc. After her are Paul Meurisse, Louis Paul Boon, Léon Damas, Georges Beaucourt, Ted Drake, and Iuliu Bodola. Among people deceased in 2005, Melita Norwood ranks 208. Before her are Jan Pieter Schotte, Abdallah Ibrahim, Sverre Stenersen, Pierre Daninos, Hong Deok-young, and Song Renqiong. After her are Giuliano Bonfante, Fabrizio Meoni, Frank Gorshin, Cliff Allison, Julián Marías, and Eugene McCarthy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Melita Norwood ranks 3,485 out of 8,785. Before her are Centwine of Wessex (643), Philip Jackson (1948), William Davies Evans (1790), Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762), Barry Ackroyd (1954), and Abraham Darby I (1678). After her are John Walter Gregory (1864), David Don (1799), Gabrielle Anwar (1970), Anita Brookner (1928), Garry Chalk (1952), and John Benbow (1653).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Melita Norwood ranks 88. Before her are Flora Sandes (1876), Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet (1772), Thomas Gage (1719), Charles Warren (1840), George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697), and Gregor MacGregor (1786). After her are John Benbow (1653), Roy Urquhart (1901), Tom Phillips (1888), James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797), Harry Patch (1898), and Dudley Pound (1877).

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