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Alastair Denniston

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Gender Male
Death63 years ago
Date of birth December 1,1881
Zodiac sign Sagittarius
Born Greenock
United Kingdom
Date of died January 1,1961
DiedLymington
United Kingdom
Children Robin Denniston
Job Mathematician
Cryptographer
Education University of Bonn
University of Paris
AffiliationsUniversity Of Birmingham
TeammatesJames Harper-Orr
Alexander Burt
Hew Fraser
InterestsArtificial Intelligence
Clinical Trial Endpoints
Uveitis
Olympic medalField hockey at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
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Alastair Denniston Life story


Commander Alexander "Alastair" Guthrie Denniston CB CMG CBE RNVR was a Scottish codebreaker in Room 40, deputy head of the Government Code and Cypher School and hockey player. Denniston was appointed operational head of GC&CS in 1919 and remained so until February 1942.

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