What is Alger Hiss?
{{Infobox person | name = Alger Hiss | image =Alger Hiss (1950).jpg | image_size = | caption = Hiss testifying in 1948 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1904|11|11}} | birth_place = [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1996|11|15|1904|11|11}} | death_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = Conviction for perjury related to espionage | education =[[Johns Hopkins University]], [[Harvard Law School]] | employer = | occupation = | title = | networth = | height = | criminal_status = Released from prison after 3 years and 8 months imprisonment | criminal_charge =2 counts of [[perjury]] | criminal_penalty = 2 terms of 5 years in prison, to run concurrently. | awards = [[Honorary degree]] from [[Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins]] ([[Doctor of Laws|LL.D]] 1947) <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://commencement.jhu.edu/our-history/honorary-degrees-awarded/ | title=Honorary Degrees Awarded | access-date=September 28, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221112951/https://commencement.jhu.edu/our-history/honorary-degrees-awarded/ | archive-date=February 21, 2018 | url-status=dead }}</ref> | spouse ={{marriage|[[Priscilla Hiss]]|1929|1984|end=died}} <br> {{marriage|Isabel Johnson|1985}} | relatives =Bosley Hiss, brother; [[Donald Hiss]], brother; [[Anna Hiss]], sister; Mary Ann Hiss, sister | children = Tony Hiss, Timothy Hobson (stepson) | parents =Mary Lavinia Hughes, Charles Alger Hiss }} '''Alger Hiss''' (November 11, 1904 – November 15, 1996) was an American government official. In 1948, he was accused of having spied for the [[Soviet Union]] in the 1930s. He was convicted of [[perjury]] in connection with this charge in 1950. Before the trial Hiss was part in the creation of the [[United Nations]]. Hiss died of [[emphysema]] on November 15, 1996, at [[Lenox Hill Hospital]] in [[New York City]], four days after his 92nd birthday.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Alger Hiss Dead at 92. |url=http://nl.n