Alger Hiss
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Trials, Judges, Lawyers, Cold War, Espionage, Spying, Spies
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present
Article abstract: Hiss was a U.S. diplomat accused of being a Communist spy and became the defendant in two notorious trials that heightened the public’s fear of communist infiltration in the government.
Early Life
Alger Hiss was born on November 11, 1904, in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Mary and Charles Alger Hiss. Raised in an upper-middle-class atmosphere, Hiss possessed an eagerness for knowledge and excelled at his studies. He enjoyed being read to by an aunt who lived in the Hiss household after Charles died when Alger was just two years old....
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