MATHEMATICIAN

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 codebreaker and civil servant. He represented England in chess both before and after World War II. He worked at Bletchley Park during World War II, and was head of "Hut 6", a section responsible for deciphering messages which had been encrypted using the German Enigma machine. He was one of four leading codebreakers at Bletchley to petition the then-Prime Minister Winston Churchill directly for more resources for their work. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stuart Milner-Barry has received more than 160,792 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Stuart Milner-Barry is the 976th most popular mathematician (down from 882nd in 2019), the 6,267th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,729th in 2019) and the 116th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Stuart Milner-Barry ranks 976 out of 1,004. Before him are Alessio Figalli, Keith Devlin, Eric W. Weisstein, Grace Alele-Williams, Euphemia Haynes, and Stanley Skewes. After him are June Huh, Nathaniel Bowditch, Victor Glushkov, Sal Khan, Joan Birman, and Éva Tardos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Stuart Milner-Barry ranks 437. Before him are Esmond Knight, Richard van der Riet Woolley, Catherine Cookson, Barbara Jo Allen, Bea Benaderet, and Victoria Spivey. After him are Michael O'Shea, William J. Brennan Jr., Nii Amaa Ollennu, Elisabeth Lutyens, Gale Gordon, and Roger Livesey. Among people deceased in 1995, Stuart Milner-Barry ranks 327. Before him are Tor Ulven, Alex Groza, Alan Bush, Charles L. Veach, Mary Beth Hughes, and Paul Kipkoech. After him are Chuck Stevenson, James Merrill, Genevieve Tobin, Gale Gordon, Kay Aldridge, and Jeffrey Lynn.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stuart Milner-Barry ranks 6,267 out of 8,785. Before him are Miranda Hart (1972), John Douglas (1830), Phil Davis (1953), Antony Costa (1981), Ademola Lookman (1997), and Maxwell Caulfield (1959). After him are Angela Buxton (1934), Chris Sawyer (1961), Rosemarie Frankland (1943), Calum Scott (1988), Helen Sharman (1963), and Arthur Owen (1915).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Stuart Milner-Barry ranks 116. Before him are Nigel Hitchin (1946), Dusa McDuff (1945), Simon Singh (1964), William Spottiswoode (1825), Philippa Fawcett (1868), and Keith Devlin (1947). After him are Ben Green (1977), and Hannah Fry (1984).

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