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Gordon Welchman
Born(1906-06-15)15 June 1906
Fishponds, Bristol, England
Died8 October 1985(1985-10-08) (aged 79)
Newburyport, Massachusetts, US
Occupation(s)Mathematician, codebreaker, author

William Gordon Welchman OBE (15 June 1906 – 8 October 1985) was a British mathematician. During World War II, he worked at Britain's secret decryption centre at Bletchley Park, where he was one of the most important contributors.

After the war he moved to the US and worked on the design of military communications systems.[1]

  1. ^ Greenberg, Joel (2014). Gordon Welchman: Bletchley Park's Architect of Ultra Intelligence. Frontline Books. ISBN 978-1848327528.

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