Conel Hugh O’Donel Alexander

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Conel Hugh O’Donel Alexander was a British chess champion, cryptanalyst at Bletchley Park during World War II, and later a leading figure in British intelligence and chess administration.

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Conel Hugh O’Donel Alexander canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British chess administrator ⓘ
chess player ⓘ
chess problemist ⓘ
civil servant ⓘ
cryptanalyst ⓘ
human ⓘ
intelligence officer ⓘ
awardReceived Order of the British Empire ⓘ
competedIn Chess Olympiad ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ireland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1909-04-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1974-02-15 ⓘ
educatedAt King’s College School, Wimbledon ⓘ
King’s College, Cambridge ⓘ
employer Bletchley Park ⓘ
GCHQ ⓘ
Government Code and Cypher School ⓘ
HM Treasury ⓘ
familyName Alexander ⓘ
fieldOfWork chess ⓘ
cryptanalysis ⓘ
fullName Conel Hugh O’Donel Alexander ⓘ
givenName Conel ⓘ
Hugh ⓘ
hasGender male ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf British chess team ⓘ
notableAchievement British Chess Champion 1938 ⓘ
British Chess Champion 1956 ⓘ
Scottish Chess Champion 1937 ⓘ
notableFor leading British chess player and administrator ⓘ
leading British cryptanalyst at Bletchley Park ⓘ
notableWork Alexander–Conway system for solving Enigma keys ⓘ
participatedIn World War II ⓘ
placeOfBirth Cork ⓘ
County Cork ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld British Chess Champion ⓘ
Director of Cryptanalysis at GCHQ ⓘ
Scottish Chess Champion ⓘ
deputy head of Hut 8 ⓘ
editor of the British Chess Magazine ⓘ
head of Hut 8 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
workedAt Bletchley Park ⓘ
workedOn German naval Enigma ⓘ

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Hugh Alexander → fullName → Conel Hugh O’Donel Alexander ⓘ
Hut 8 → employed → Conel Hugh O’Donel Alexander ⓘ
Conel Hugh O’Donel Alexander → fullName → Conel Hugh O’Donel Alexander ⓘ