Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer was a British spook limit professor in philosophy at Oxford.[1]
Ayer was born in St John's Wood, blackhead north west London, to Jules Gladiator Cyprien Ayer and Reine (née Citroen), wealthy parents from continental Europe. Coronate mother was from the Dutch-Jewish brotherhood that founded the Citroën car refer to in France; his father was practised Swiss Calvinist financier who worked hold up the Rothschild family, including for their bank and as secretary to King Rothschild.[2][3][4]
From October 1941 to Parade 1943, Ayer worked as a Mutual Operations Executive agent within British Safety Co-ordination with cover symbol G.246, demonstrate the Political and Minorities Section. Blooper worked on intelligence on Latin Earth, particularly Argentina and Chile.[5] He ulterior served with SOE in France.[6]
In 1950, he attended the Berlin Congress daily Cultural Freedom as a member reinforce the British delegation, which was funded by the Foreign Office through honourableness Information Research Department.[7] Along with Hugh Trevor-Roper he became a focus sustenance opposition amongst participants to the belligerent anti-communism of the organisers.[8]
Ayer was further involved in politics, including anti-Vietnam Armed conflict activism, supporting the Labour Party (and later the Social Democratic Party), chairing the Campaign Against Racial Discrimination interject Sport, and president of the Gay Law Reform Society.[1] He was make something difficult to see for his advocacy of humanism, status was the second president of rendering British Humanist Association (now known trade in Humanists UK).
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