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Hugh Hambleton was born on 1922 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, is an A british economist. Discover Hugh Hambleton's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?
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economist |
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73 years old |
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1922 |
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1922 |
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Date of death |
1995 |
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Canada
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Hugh Hambleton Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
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Hugh Hambleton Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Hugh Hambleton worth at the age of 73 years old? Hugh Hambleton’s income source is mostly from being a successful economist. He is from Canada. We have estimated Hugh Hambleton's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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economist |
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Timeline
Hugh George Hambleton (1922–1995) was a Canadian and British economist and a spy in the service of the Soviet Union.
Hambleton was born in Canada to an English father and he held dual citizenship, Canadian and British.
He studied in the United Kingdom and in Canada, including Lisgar Collegiate Institute, in Ottawa, and also spent part of his childhood in France, where his father was a press correspondent.
In 1944 and 1945, he was with the Free French Forces in Algiers and served as liaison agent with the United States Army.
In 1945, he integrated the Intelligence Branch of the Canadian Army.
In 1952, he was recruited by a Soviet agent.
In 1954, he studied economics at the Sorbonne.
In 1956, he began working for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, in Paris.
He worked there for five years, during which he provided information to the Soviet Union.
In 1961, he studied at the London School of Economics, where he obtained a doctorate.
In 1964, he became professor of economics at Université Laval in Quebec City.
He had some contacts with teachers at Laval among them, Henri Dorion, specialist of Soviet Union and with some elements of the Liberal Party.
In 1977, his Soviet supervisor, known under the pseudonym Rudolf ("Rudy") Herman, was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States.
In 1978, Hermann became an informant of the FBI and revealed the identity of Soviet spies in America, including Hambleton.
On November 5, 1979 Hambleton's home was searched and spying material was found.
Hambleton was questioned multiple times over many years by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, but he was not arrested.
In the early 1980s, Canadian media made the Hambleton affair public.
Members of Parliament asked questions about it in the Canadian House of Commons, but the Canadian government invoked the necessity of secrecy.
In June, 1982 Hambleton was arrested in the United Kingdom, during a transit there.
He was tried in the United Kingdom, under the [UK] Official Secrets Act.
He pleaded guilty and, on December 7, 1982 he was sentenced by Mr Justice Croom-Johnson to ten years in prison.
He spent jail time in Gartree Prison, in Market Harborough, Leicestershire.
He was transferred to a prison in Canada in June, 1986.
He was liberated under surveillance in March, 1989.
