Morton Sobell

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Morton Sobell was an American engineer and Soviet spy who was convicted alongside Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in one of the most famous espionage cases of the Cold War.

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Morton Sobell canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American spy for the Soviet Union ⓘ
Cold War spy ⓘ
Soviet spy ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
authorOf On Doing Time ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
coDefendant Ethel Rosenberg ⓘ
Julius Rosenberg ⓘ
confessedTo spying for the Soviet Union during World War II ⓘ
confessionDate 2008 ⓘ
convictedIn United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ⓘ
convictedOf conspiracy to commit espionage ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1917-04-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2018-12-26 ⓘ
dateOfParole 1969 ⓘ
educatedAt City College of New York ⓘ
Columbia University ⓘ
Stuyvesant High School ⓘ
employer General Electric ⓘ
Navy Bureau of Ordnance ⓘ
linked to: Bureau of Ordnance

Reeves Instrument Corporation ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish American ⓘ
linked to: Jewish Americans
familyName Sobell ⓘ
fieldOfWork electrical engineering ⓘ
givenName Morton ⓘ
livedDuring 20th century ⓘ
21st century ⓘ
notableFor being convicted in the Rosenberg espionage case ⓘ
notableWork On Doing Time ⓘ
occupation electrical engineer ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
espionage agent ⓘ
participantIn Cold War ⓘ
Rosenberg espionage case ⓘ
placeOfBirth Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
placeOfDetention Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary ⓘ
linked to: Alcatraz Island

Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
sentencedTo 30 years in federal prison ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spiedFor Soviet Union ⓘ
spouse Helen Levitov Sobell ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg → coDefendant → Morton Sobell ⓘ
subject linked to: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg