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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 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 147,880 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Stuart Milner-Barry is the 885th most popular mathematician (down from 802nd in 2019), the 5,742nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,006th in 2019) and the 108th most popular British Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Stuart Milner-Barry ranks 885 out of 823. Before him are Marcus du Sautoy, Richard Schoen, Alessio Figalli, Alexander Beilinson, Martin Hairer, and Dusa McDuff. After him are Sal Khan, Eric W. Weisstein, Harald Helfgott, Kathleen Ollerenshaw, Victor Glushkov, and Maryna Viazovska.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Stuart Milner-Barry ranks 385. Before him are Hiram Fong, Donald Woods, Barbara Bennett, Esmond Knight, Harry Hopman, and Michael O'Shea. After him are Gale Gordon, William J. Brennan Jr., Dunc Gray, Dave Trottier, Dorothy Tree, and Cleanth Brooks. Among people deceased in 1995, Stuart Milner-Barry ranks 292. Before him are Vivian Blaine, Albert Hackett, Johnny Carey, Trevor Blokdyk, Alex Groza, and Mary Beth Hughes. After him are Gale Gordon, Genevieve Tobin, Charles L. Veach, Alan Bush, James Merrill, and Andrea Fortunato.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stuart Milner-Barry ranks 5,742 out of 7,765. Before him are Martin Bashir (1963), Neil Jackson (1976), Helen Baxendale (1970), Peter Swan (1936), Carl Fogarty (1965), and William Hague (1961). After him are Liz Truss (1975), Richard Seddon (1845), Eoin MacNeill (1867), Gregg Sulkin (1992), Louise Brealey (1979), and Eric Linklater (1899).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Stuart Milner-Barry ranks 108. Before him are W. T. Tutte (1917), William Spottiswoode (1825), Nigel Hitchin (1946), Keith Devlin (1947), Marcus du Sautoy (1965), and Dusa McDuff (1945). After him are Kathleen Ollerenshaw (1912).

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