Conel Hugh O’Donel Alexander

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British chess administrator chess player chess problemist civil servant cryptanalyst human intelligence officer

Conel Hugh O’Donel Alexander was a British chess champion, cryptanalyst at Bletchley Park during World War II, and later a leading figure in British intelligence and chess administration.

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Label	Occurrences
Conel Hugh O’Donel Alexander canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British chess administrator ⓘ chess player ⓘ chess problemist ⓘ civil servant ⓘ cryptanalyst ⓘ human ⓘ intelligence officer ⓘ
awardReceived	Order of the British Empire ⓘ
competedIn	Chess Olympiad NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Ireland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1909-04-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1974-02-15 ⓘ
educatedAt	King’s College School, Wimbledon NERFINISHED ⓘ King’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	Bletchley Park NERFINISHED ⓘ GCHQ NERFINISHED ⓘ Government Code and Cypher School NERFINISHED ⓘ HM Treasury NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	chess ⓘ cryptanalysis ⓘ
fullName	Conel Hugh O’Donel Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Conel NERFINISHED ⓘ Hugh ⓘ
hasGender	male ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	British chess team NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAchievement	British Chess Champion 1938 ⓘ British Chess Champion 1956 ⓘ Scottish Chess Champion 1937 ⓘ
notableFor	leading British chess player and administrator ⓘ leading British cryptanalyst at Bletchley Park ⓘ
notableWork	Alexander–Conway system for solving Enigma keys NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatedIn	World War II ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Cork NERFINISHED ⓘ County Cork NERFINISHED ⓘ Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld	British Chess Champion NERFINISHED ⓘ Director of Cryptanalysis at GCHQ ⓘ Scottish Chess Champion NERFINISHED ⓘ deputy head of Hut 8 ⓘ editor of the British Chess Magazine ⓘ head of Hut 8 ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
workedAt	Bletchley Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
workedOn	German naval Enigma NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Hugh Alexander → fullName → Conel Hugh O’Donel Alexander ⓘ

Hut 8 → employed → Conel Hugh O’Donel Alexander ⓘ