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Thomas Harold “Tommy” Flowers

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Thomas Harold “Tommy” Flowers

Birth
East End, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England
Death
28 Oct 1998 (aged 92)
Greater London, England
Burial
Mill Hill, London Borough of Barnet, Greater London, England Add to Map
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Tommy Flowers was a British engineer who during the second world war designed and built the world's first programmable electronic computer at Bletchley Park. This was called Colossus and it helped to decypher the Enigma encrypted messages that the Germans were sending to their forces
Tommy Flowers was a British engineer who during the second world war designed and built the world's first programmable electronic computer at Bletchley Park. This was called Colossus and it helped to decypher the Enigma encrypted messages that the Germans were sending to their forces

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