Thomas Harold Flowers
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Thomas Harold Flowers was a British engineer best known for designing Colossus, the world’s first programmable electronic computer, used to help decrypt German codes during World War II.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas Harold Flowers canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
computer pioneer
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electrical engineer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Member of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1905-12-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1998-10-28 ⓘ |
| designed |
Colossus Mark I
NERFINISHED
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Colossus Mark II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFor |
Bletchley Park
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Government Code and Cypher School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
East London College
NERFINISHED
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University of London ⓘ |
| employer |
General Post Office
NERFINISHED
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Post Office Research Station, Dollis Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Flowers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computer engineering
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cryptography ⓘ electrical engineering ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild |
John Flowers
NERFINISHED
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Kenneth Flowers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honouredFor | services to cryptography and codebreaking during World War II ⓘ |
| knownFor |
codebreaking at Bletchley Park
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designing Colossus ⓘ developing the world’s first programmable electronic computer ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| middleName | Harold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Colossus computer
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Heath Robinson codebreaking machine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form:
London
Poplar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Barnes
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| residence |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Ethel Flowers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | decryption of German teleprinter traffic ⓘ |
| usedTechnology | vacuum tubes ⓘ |
| workedOn | Lorenz cipher decryption ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Bletchley Park
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Dollis Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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