Tommy Flowers
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Tommy Flowers was a British engineer best known for designing Colossus, the world’s first programmable electronic computer, which was used to break German codes during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tommy Flowers canonical | 8 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British person
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electrical engineer ⓘ engineer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Member of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ |
| birthName | Thomas Harold Flowers ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Bletchley Park
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surface form:
Bletchley Park codebreakers
Max Newman ⓘ Bill Tutte ⓘ
surface form:
William Tutte
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| contributedTo |
breaking German codes
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decryption of Lorenz cipher ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateAwarded | 1943 (MBE) ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1905-12-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1998-10-28 ⓘ |
| designed |
Colossus computers
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surface form:
Colossus Mark I
Colossus computers ⓘ
surface form:
Colossus Mark II
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| education |
Walter Sisulu University East London campus
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surface form:
East London Technical College
University of London ⓘ
surface form:
University of London (part-time studies)
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| employer |
British Post Office
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surface form:
General Post Office
Post Office Research Station, Dollis Hill ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Flowers ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computer engineering
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cryptanalysis ⓘ electrical engineering ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| hasWork | design of high-speed electronic switching circuits ⓘ |
| influenced | development of modern computers ⓘ |
| knownFor |
designing Colossus
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pioneering electronic computing ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| militaryService |
Royal Engineers
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surface form:
Royal Engineers (Territorial Army)
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| name | Tommy Flowers self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Colossus computers
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surface form:
Colossus computer
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| participatedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| pioneered | use of large numbers of vacuum tubes in computing ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Poplar, London
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surface form:
Poplar, London, England
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| placeOfDeath | Barnet, London, England ⓘ |
| residence | London, England ⓘ |
| usedTechnology | vacuum tubes ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Bletchley Park
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Dollis Hill ⓘ
surface form:
Dollis Hill, London, England
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