W. T. Tutte

William Thomas Tutte was an English and Canadian code breaker and mathematician. During the Second World War, he made a fundamental advance in cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher, a major Nazi German cipher system which was used for top-secret communications within the Wehrmacht High Command.

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Who was born first?

• W. T. Tutte and Andrew Huxley were born the same year
• W. T. Tutte and John Fenn were born the same year
• W. T. Tutte and Herbert A. Hauptman were born the same year
• W. T. Tutte and William Standish Knowles were born the same year
• W. T. Tutte and Walter Munk were born the same year

Timeline

1. Andrew HuxleyNovember 22, 1917 – May 30, 2012
2. Herbert A. HauptmanFebruary 14, 1917 – October 23, 2011
3. John FennJune 15, 1917 – December 10, 2010
4. W. T. Tutte (this page)May 14, 1917 – May 2, 2002
5. Walter MunkOctober 19, 1917 – February 8, 2019
6. William Standish KnowlesJune 1, 1917 – June 13, 2012

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