Alastair Denniston
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 64 years ago |
| Date of birth | December 1,1881 |
| Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | Greenock |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | January 1,1961 |
| Died | Lymington |
| United Kingdom | |
| Children | Robin Denniston |
| Job | Mathematician |
| Cryptographer | |
| Education | University of Bonn |
| University of Paris | |
| Affiliations | University Of Birmingham |
| Teammates | James Harper-Orr |
| Alexander Burt | |
| Hew Fraser | |
| Interests | Artificial Intelligence |
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| Uveitis | |
| Olympic medal | Field hockey at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament |
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| ID | 516183 |
Alastair Denniston Life story
Commander Alexander "Alastair" Guthrie Denniston CB CMG CBE RNVR was a Scottish codebreaker in Room 40, deputy head of the Government Code and Cypher School and hockey player. Denniston was appointed operational head of GC&CS in 1919 and remained so until February 1942.