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Ralph Bennett, intelligence officer in Hut 3 (Professor of History at Magdalene College, Cambridge and president 1979-82) [4] Osla Benning, linguist Hut 4. Francis (Frank) Birch, Head of German Naval Section. Judith Irene Bloomfield (worked in Bletchley Park Mansion and Hut 8.
The Code-Breakers is a two-part (2x22') BBC World documentary on free open-source software (FOSS) and computer programming that started on BBC World TV on 10 May 2006. It investigates how poor countries are using FOSS applications for economic development , and includes stories and interviews from around the world.
Bletchley Park is an English country house and estate in Bletchley, Milton Keynes ( Buckinghamshire ), that became the principal centre of Allied code-breaking during the Second World War. The mansion was constructed during the years following 1883 for the financier and politician Herbert Leon in the Victorian Gothic, Tudor and Dutch Baroque ...
Tempe Anne Denzer. Brigadier John Hessell Tiltman, CMG, CBE, MC (25 May 1894 – 10 August 1982) was a British Army officer who worked in intelligence, often at or with the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) starting in the 1920s. His intelligence work was largely connected with cryptography, and he showed exceptional skill at cryptanalysis.
May 29, 2024 at 9:57 AM. A code-breaker who played a key role in decrypting German messages during World War Two has been commemorated with a blue plaque. Joan Clarke, who was portrayed by Keira ...
Peter Hilton. This article is about the British mathematician. For the Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire, see Peter Hilton (lord-lieutenant). Peter John Hilton (7 April 1923 [1] – 6 November 2010 [2]) was a British mathematician, noted for his contributions to homotopy theory and for code-breaking during World War II.
Mavis Batey. Mavis Lilian Batey, MBE (née Lever; 5 May 1921 – 12 November 2013), was a British code-breaker during World War II. She was one of the leading female codebreakers at Bletchley Park. [1] She later became a historian of gardening, who campaigned to save historic parks and gardens, and an author. [2]
Jean Argles (née Owtram) (7 November 1925 – 2 April 2023) was a Second World War code breaker and cipher officer. She and her sister Pat Davies are often referred to as "The Codebreaking Sisters". As a teenager, Jean Owtram joined the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) in London, signing the Official Secrets Act 1911 and working in the ...