Harry Hinsley

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Harry Hinsley was a British historian and intelligence officer best known for his crucial codebreaking work at Bletchley Park during World War II and later as an official historian of British intelligence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic
historian
human
intelligence officer
awardReceived Knight Bachelor
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom
surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
dateOfBirth 1918-11-26
dateOfDeath 1998-02-16
educatedAt Queen Mary’s Grammar School, Walsall
St John’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
employer Bletchley Park
Government Code and Cypher School
St John’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
familyName Hinsley
fieldOfWork diplomatic history
history
intelligence studies
fullName Francis Harry Hinsley
givenName Francis
Harry
honorificTitle Sir
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Fellow of the British Academy
St John’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
militaryBranch Royal Navy
notableFor contributions to Allied signals intelligence
work on German naval Enigma
notableWork British official histories of the Second World War
surface form: British Intelligence in the Second World War
occupation cryptanalyst
historian
intelligence officer
university teacher
participantIn World War II
surface form: Second World War

codebreaking at Bletchley Park
placeOfBirth England
Staffordshire
Walsall
placeOfDeath CAMBRIDGE
surface form: Cambridge

Cambridgeshire, England
surface form: Cambridgeshire

England
positionHeld Master of St John’s College, Cambridge
Official historian of British intelligence in the Second World War
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
sexOrGender male
workLocation CAMBRIDGE
surface form: Cambridge

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Bletchley Park employed Harry Hinsley
Hut 3 notablePersonnel Harry Hinsley