Klugmann, James (Norman John), 1912 - 1977
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1912 - 1977
Biography
Norman John (James) Klugmann (1912-1977) was of Jewish descent. He became a leading member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, having attended Trinity College, Cambridge, and was a contemporary of Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean and John Cornford in the 1930s. During WWII he served in SOE in Cairo, rising to the rank of major. After the War he devoted himself to the Communist Party, `an undeviating adherent to party orthodoxy´, and was, from 1963 until 1977, editor of Marxism Today.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Klugmann Collection
Collection
Reference code: KLU1
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of books and pamphlets formerly in the Library of the Communist Party of Great Britain, being acquired for the University of Sheffield Library circa 1994. Some of these were at one time the personal property of N.J. Klugmann and bear his signature. Other volumes are stamped or labelled as the property of the Library of the Communist Party of Great Britain. The majority of the items relate to trials (often what are sometimes termed "show trials"), related matters such...
Dates:
1929 - 1983
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives