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1. Klaus Emil. . 1911--88, East German physicist. He was born in Germany, became a British citizen (1942), and was imprisoned (1950--59) for giving secret atomic research information to the Soviet Union
2. Sir Vivian Ernest. 1908--99, English explorer and geologist: led the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955--58)


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True, the roots of the atomic-spy story are in Los Alamos and dozens of other places, but Santa Fe was where the brilliant but philosophically tortured physicist Klaus Fuchs turned over the secrets to the atomic bomb to bread-for-the-masses, traveling communist Harry Gold 64 years ago.
Byline: John Conceison COLUMN: RUNNING Throughout his teen years, Drew Fuchs has excelled at whatever he has done - as a scholar, athlete, student leader, even environmentalist.
Cadwyn Clwyd Project Officer Adam Bishop said: "It's a fascinating INFAMOUS Soviet spy Klaus Fuchs leaked information from a top secret North Wales munitions factory which carried out pioneering research into the atom bomb, a historian has discovered.
 
 
 
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