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Joan Elisabeth Lowther Murray, MBE (née Clarke; 24 June 1917 – 4 September 1996) was an English cryptanalyst and numismatist who worked as a code-breaker at Bletchley Park during the Second World War.
Nov 10, 2014 · Joan Clarke, the only female codebreaker to work alongside Alan Turing and his team during WW2, is brought to prominence by Keira Knightley in The Imitation Game.
Joan CLARKE. 20th century. Fields: Computing. Born: 1917 in London (England) Death: 1996 in Headington (England) Main achievements: Codebreaking at Bletchley Park in World War II. Joan Elisabeth Lowther Murray was an English cryptanalyst and numismatist best known for her work as a code-breaker at Bletchley Park during the Second World War.
Sep 4, 1996 · Quick Info. Born. 24 June 1917. London, England. Died. 4 September 1996. Headington, Oxfordshire, England. Summary. Joan Clarke was one of the English mathematicians recruited to work on wartime German codes with Alan Turing at Bletchley Park. View three larger pictures. Biography.
Dec 5, 2014 · Was Alan Turing really engaged to Joan Clarke? Yes. In the movie, we see Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) ask Joan Clarke (Keira Knightley) to marry him as a way to keep her at Bletchley Park, since her parents want her to move on with her life and find a husband.
Apr 20, 2017 · Joan Elizabeth Lowther Clark was a British citizen whose great interest in mathematics led her to work at Bletchley Park in the decoding of the Nazis’ Enigma Machine, used as their means of communication during World War II.
Joan Clarke was the only woman on the team that broke the German Enigma Code. However, her name has, for the most part, been lost to history. Today, we will ...
