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Stuart Milner-Barry

1906 - 1995

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Sir Philip Stuart Milner-Barry (20 September 1906 – 25 March 1995) was a British chess player, chess writer, World War II cryptologist, and civil servant. He represented England in chess before and after World War II. During World War II he worked at Bletchley Park, from autumn 1943 heading "Hut 6", the section responsible for decrypting German Army and Air Force messages which had been enciphered on the Enigma machine. He was one of four leading cryptologists at Bletchley Park to petition then-Prime Minister Winston Churchill for more resources for their work. After the war he worked in the Treasury, and later administered the British honours system. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stuart Milner-Barry is the 949th most popular mathematician (up from 976th in 2019), the 5,848th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,266th in 2019) and the 106th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Stuart Milner-Barry ranks 949 out of 1,004. Before him are Cleve Moler, Norman Johnson, Edward Charles Titchmarsh, James Maynard, Nigel Hitchin, and Alexander Aitken. After him are Sun-Yung Alice Chang, Charles Hutton, Kathleen Ollerenshaw, Keith Devlin, Henry John Stephen Smith, and Alexander Beilinson.

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Among people born in 1906, Stuart Milner-Barry ranks 423. Before him are George Lott, Daulat Singh Kothari, Mississippi Fred McDowell, William Empson, Olive Borden, and Juan Argote. After him are Mauri Rose, William Bendix, Oscar Levant, S. I. Hayakawa, Hiram Fong, and Richard van der Riet Woolley. Among people deceased in 1995, Stuart Milner-Barry ranks 314. Before him are Rogelio Farías, Terry Southern, Johnny Carey, Trevor Blokdyk, Vivian Blaine, and Frank Perry. After him are Alan Bush, Tor Ulven, Charles L. Veach, Torfi Bryngeirsson, Art Taylor, and Harry Golombek.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stuart Milner-Barry ranks 5,850 out of 8,785. Before him are Anna Chancellor (1965), Saunders Lewis (1893), Stephen Wiltshire (1974), Reg Presley (1941), Julian Lloyd Webber (1951), and W. H. R. Rivers (1864). After him are Roy Evans (1948), Cat Deeley (1976), Oliver Knussen (1952), Herbert Vaughan (1832), Ralph Brown (1957), and James Fleet (1952).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Stuart Milner-Barry ranks 106. Before him are Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765), W. T. Tutte (1917), Neil Sloane (1939), Edward Charles Titchmarsh (1899), James Maynard (1987), and Nigel Hitchin (1946). After him are Charles Hutton (1737), Kathleen Ollerenshaw (1912), Keith Devlin (1947), Timothy Gowers (1963), Simon Singh (1964), and Ben Green (1977).

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