Harry Gold, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Harry Gold

American chemist

Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1910

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 28-Aug-1972

Profession: chemist, spy

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Harry Gold (born Henrich Golodnitsky, December 11, 1910 – August 28, 1972) was an American laboratory chemist who is known for having been convicted as a courier for the Soviet Union to pass atomic secrets from Klaus Fuchs, an agent of the Soviet Union, during World War II.
Gold served as a government witness and testified in the case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were convicted and executed in 1953 for their roles.
Gold served 15 years in prison.
Born in Bern, Switzerland, to parents from the Russian Empire, Gold had immigrated to the US with his parents as a child at the age of four.
They settled in Philadelphia.
During the Great Depression, he found work and finished his degree in chemistry at night.
He returned to work as a clinical chemist after release from prison.