Max Newman

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codebreaker human mathematician university teacher

Max Newman was a British mathematician and codebreaker who played a key role in the development of early computing and in breaking German ciphers during World War II.

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instanceOf codebreaker ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
areaOfInfluence British codebreaking in World War II ⓘ
history of computing ⓘ
collaboratedWith Alan Turing ⓘ
Tommy Flowers ⓘ
W. T. Tutte ⓘ
contributedTo breaking German ciphers during World War II ⓘ
development of early electronic computing in Britain ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
educatedAt City of London School ⓘ
St John’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge

University of Manchester ⓘ
surface form: Victoria University of Manchester
familyName Newman ⓘ
fieldOfWork cryptanalysis ⓘ
mathematical logic ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
theoretical computer science ⓘ
topology ⓘ
givenName Max ⓘ
influenced development of stored-program computer projects in the UK ⓘ
influencedBy Alonzo Church ⓘ
Bertrand Russell ⓘ
David Hilbert ⓘ
Kurt Gödel ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society ⓘ
notableAchievement oversaw design of high-speed codebreaking machinery for the Lorenz cipher ⓘ
notableStudent Alan Turing ⓘ
M. H. A. Newman’s Manchester computing group members ⓘ
notableWork contributions to the development of the Colossus computer ⓘ
early advocacy for a computing machine at Manchester ⓘ
leadership of the Newmanry at Bletchley Park ⓘ
work on the Entscheidungsproblem and foundations of computability ⓘ
occupation codebreaker ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
positionHeld head of the mathematics department at the University of Manchester ⓘ
leader of the Newmanry section at Bletchley Park ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Bletchley Park ⓘ
CAMBRIDGE ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge

Manchester ⓘ

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Government Code and Cypher School → employer → Max Newman ⓘ
Bletchley Park → employed → Max Newman ⓘ
GC&CS → employerOf → Max Newman ⓘ
Tommy Flowers → collaboratedWith → Max Newman ⓘ
Hut 8 → employed → Max Newman ⓘ
Colossus computers → associatedPerson → Max Newman ⓘ