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David Guest (6 January 1911 – 28 July 1938) was a British mathematician and philosopher who volunteered to fight for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War and was killed in Spain in 1938. He was the uncle of American-British musician, actor and director Christopher Guest .
On his return to Cambridge, David Guest joined the Communist Party of Great Britain. He became the head of a cell that included John Cornford , Guy Burgess , Donald Maclean , Victor Kiernan and James Klugmann .
David Guest (6 January 1911– 28 July 1938) was a British mathematician and philosopher who volunteered to fight for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War and was killed in Spain in 1938. Guest was the son of Leslie Haden-Guest, 1st Baron Haden-Guest. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in...
Sep 19, 2008 · Guest was a noted Communist intellectual, first class scholar at Cambridge and International Brigadier who was killed during the battle of the River Ebro in July 1938.
Jul 17, 2021 · Among the names are that of Labour Party councillor and Olympic Gold Medallist Lewis Clive, and Young Communist League & Communist Party members David Guest, Harry Dobson, Morris Miller, and Wally Tapsell who, like all those from Britain who died in the Spanish Civil War, have no known graves.
David Guest was a Communist British mathematician and philosopher who volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War and was killed in Spain in 1938.
Oct 30, 2022 · Some of the best known are Bill Alexander, who became a Commander of the British Battalion and kept the International Brigade Association together in its later years, while David Guest was an outstanding mathematician who taught and wrote about Marxism for the Communist Party.
