Gordon Welchman; Bletchley Park's Architect of Ultra Intelligence

At this rate, I'll need to win the lottery to keep up with all these new books.
"He is described as codebreaker's 'forgotten genius' and Bletchley Park's 'Architect of Ultra Intelligence' - but despite his contribution to the war effort, Gordon Welchman was persecuted by the British government UK.
The brilliant mathematician and University of Cambridge lecturer was selected as a codebreaker before the outbreak of the Second World War.
Welchman adapted Alan Turing's design for the codebreaking Bombe machine, transforming it into a workable device and established Hut 6, leading the team who decrypted more than 1 million German air force and army codes.
One of his colleagues at the time described him as 'one of the most original minds I have ever known'.
However, the Government Communications Headquarters described him as 'a disastrous example to others' in 1982 after he published details of WW2 codebreaking in his book, The Hut Six Story - and he was subsequently persecuted by US intelligence agencies.
Now a new book will reveal all about the man who, after the war, also transformed air traffic control, developed digital computers and taught one of the first computing courses."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4256052/Enigma-s-forgotten-genius-Alan-Turing-s-spymaster-boss.html#ixzz4Zc2H42wK

 

If I remember correctly it was traffic analysis that was his main area of interest


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_analysis
Traffic analysis is the process of intercepting and examining messages in order to deduce information from patterns in communication. It can be performed even when the messages are encrypted and cannot be decrypted. In general, the greater the number of messages observed, or even intercepted and stored, the more can be inferred from the traffic. Traffic analysis can be performed in the context of military intelligence, counter-intelligence, or pattern-of-life analysis, and is a concern in computer security.
Traffic analysis tasks may be supported by dedicated computer software programs. Advanced traffic analysis techniques may include various forms of social network analysis.

Yes I know its Wiki, but it nearly time for my tea and a glass of wine

TD

PS forgot to say there was a very good documentary about him on , I think, BBC TV sometime in the last couple of years
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b069gxz7

 

Interesting - I have a copy of his 'The Hut Six Story' ( 1982 ) which is a fascinating memoir of Bletchley Park....