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Bernard Willson

British linguist, academic · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Lived 1919 to 1994 · aged 75

Harold Bernard Willson was a British linguist and noted academic, who during the Second World War was the first person to decrypt the Italian Navy Hagelin C-38 code machine. He was the father of television presenter and motoring journalist Quentin Willson.

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United Kingdom
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1919 to 1994 · aged 75