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Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander

1909 - 1974

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Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander (19 April 1909 – 15 February 1974), known as Hugh Alexander and C. H. O'D. Alexander, was an Irish-born British cryptanalyst, chess player, and chess writer. He worked on the German Enigma machine at Bletchley Park during the Second World War, and was later the head of the cryptanalysis division at GCHQ for 25 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander has received more than 1,050,437 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander is the 86th most popular chess player (down from 78th in 2019), the 138th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 134th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Chess Player.

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  • 18

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  • 2.83

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander ranks 86 out of 374. Before him are Reuben Fine, Adolf Albin, Pal Benko, Levon Aronian, Rudolf Charousek, and Vlastimil Hort. After him are Nana Alexandria, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Friedrich Sämisch, Veselin Topalov, Ernst Grünfeld, and Robert Hübner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander ranks 175. Before him are Durgabai Deshmukh, Sattar Bahlulzade, Riccardo Freda, Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, Bert Patenaude, and Eric Ambler. After him are Milena Pavlović-Barili, Licia Albanese, Ivo Lapenna, John Haigh, C. N. Annadurai, and Endel Puusepp. Among people deceased in 1974, Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander ranks 116. Before him are Sattar Bahlulzade, Peter Revson, Richard Huelsenbeck, Bert Patenaude, Abraham Robinson, and Lev Knipper. After him are Ernesto Vidal, Anna Q. Nilsson, Victor Boin, Hertta Kuusinen, Pink Anderson, and Berdi Kerbabayev.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander ranks 138 out of 501. Before him are Eddie Jordan (1948), Barry Fitzgerald (1888), Sally Oldfield (1947), Coloman of Stockerau (1000), Richard Montgomery (1738), and Anne de Mortimer (1390). After him are Colm Meaney (1953), Brendan Behan (1923), Pat Cox (1952), Ninette de Valois (1898), William Howard Russell (1820), and Kathleen Lonsdale (1903).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Ireland

Among chess players born in Ireland, Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander ranks 1. 

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