A j ayer biography of george
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A j ayer biography of george
A. J. Ayer
Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer was a British spook and professor in philosophy at Oxford.[1]
Background
Ayer was born in St John's Wood, in north west London, to Jules Louis Cyprien Ayer and Reine (née Citroen), wealthy parents from continental Europe.
His mother was from the Dutch-Jewish family that founded the Citroën car company in France; his father was a Swiss Calvinist financier who worked for the Rothschild family, including for their bank and as secretary to Alfred Rothschild.[2][3][4]
Intelligence work
From October 1941 to March 1943, Ayer worked as a Special Operations Executive agent within British Security Co-ordination with cover symbol G.246, in the Political and Minorities Section.
He worked on intelligence on Latin America, particularly Argentina and Chile.[5] He later served with SOE in France.[6]
In 1950, he attended the Berlin Congress for Cultural Freedom as a member of the British d