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Whittaker Chambers

1901 - 1961

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Whittaker Chambers (born Jay Vivian Chambers; April 1, 1901 – July 9, 1961) was an American author, journalist, and spy. After dropping out of Columbia University, Chambers joined the open Communist Party in 1925. He wrote and edited for the New Masses and the Daily Worker, before being ordered to go underground as a secret agent for the Soviet intelligence services. From 1932 to 1938 he was part of the clandestine "Ware Group", based in Washington, D.C. Disillusioned by Joseph Stalin's rule and by Communism more broadly, Chambers defected from the Soviet spy ring and eventually found employment at Time magazine, where he rose to become a senior editor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Whittaker Chambers is the 5,599th most popular writer, the 8,426th most popular biography from United States and the 649th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Whittaker Chambers ranks 5,599 out of 7,302. Before him are Åsne Seierstad, J. Slauerhoff, Marilyn Ferguson, Otokar Březina, Cassandra Fedele, and Ha Jin. After him are L. J. Smith, James C. Collins, Mark Haddon, Domiziana Giordano, Rıfat Ilgaz, and Judith Krantz.

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Among people born in 1901, Whittaker Chambers ranks 286. Before him are James Dunn, Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Paul Fix, Joseph De Combe, Åke Borg, and Mark Oliphant. After him are Endre Steiner, Pedro Benítez, Boris Chirkov, Helen Ferguson, Ben Lyon, and Felipe Molas López. Among people deceased in 1961, Whittaker Chambers ranks 166. Before him are Jean Piot, Louis Rwagasore, Zoltan Korda, Harry DeBaecke, Eugene Bullard, and Robert L. Eichelberger. After him are Jānis Endzelīns, Howard P. Robertson, Gail Russell, Miriam A. Ferguson, Ruth Chatterton, and Alfred Carlton Gilbert.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Whittaker Chambers ranks 8,426 out of 20,380. Before him are Glenn Medeiros (1970), Lewis Teague (1938), Savannah (1970), David M. Brown (1956), Annette Rogers (1913), and Jack Sholder (1945). After him are Debi Mazar (1964), David Paymer (1954), L. J. Smith (1965), James C. Collins (1958), William Alston (1921), and Benjamin Smith Barton (1766).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Whittaker Chambers ranks 649. Before him are Larry McMurtry (1936), Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884), Barbara Ehrenreich (1941), Steven Millhauser (1943), Madeleine L'Engle (1918), and Marilyn Ferguson (1938). After him are L. J. Smith (1965), James C. Collins (1958), Judith Krantz (1928), Howard Ashman (1950), Lin Carter (1930), and David Benioff (1970).

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