Harold Keen

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Harold Keen was a British engineer who played a key role in developing the electro-mechanical Bombe machines used by Allied codebreakers to decrypt German Enigma communications during World War II.

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instanceOf British person
engineer
human
basedOn design specifications from Government Code and Cypher School
collaboratedWith Alan Turing NERFINISHED
Bletchley Park codebreakers NERFINISHED
Gordon Welchman NERFINISHED
contributedTo Allied signals intelligence against Enigma
decryption of German Enigma communications
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
developed Bombe machines used by Allied codebreakers
employer British Tabulating Machine Company NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork electrical engineering
mechanical engineering
gender male
hasWorkLocation British Tabulating Machine Company factory in Letchworth NERFINISHED
influencedBy cryptanalytic requirements defined by Alan Turing
languageOfWorkOrName English
nationality British
notableFor development of electro-mechanical Bombe machines
notableWork Bombe codebreaking machine NERFINISHED
occupation engineer
participatedIn Allied codebreaking efforts
World War II
placeOfActivity Bletchley Park NERFINISHED
Letchworth NERFINISHED
role key engineer in Bombe development
workedFor Allied war effort
workedOn electro-mechanical design of the Bombe

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Bombe machines designedBy Harold Keen