Anatole Boris Volkov | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 29, 1924 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Died | November 28, 2000 (aged 76) Lakeland, Florida, U.S. |
| Education | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1948) University of Wisconsin–Madison, M.Sc., Ph.D. (1950) |
| Occupation | physicist |
| Employer | McMaster University (1964–1989) |
| Known for | Silvermaster spy ring |
| Parent | Elena Witte |
| Relatives | Nathan Gregory Silvermaster, stepfather Sergei Witte, great granduncle |
Anatole Boris Volkov (October 29, 1924 – November 28, 2000) was an American physicist, allegedly serving as a courier for the Silvermaster spy ring between Washington, D.C., and New York City.[citation needed] Volkov taught both abroad and in America, retiring in the United States 1989. Though Volkov's name appears in the FBI's files, he was never convicted of any espionage by the U.S. government.