'Arnold Lynch' (
June 3,
1914 –
November 13,
2004) was an English engineer, known for his work on an optical tape reader which was used in the construction of the
Colossus, an early electronic computer. A number of Colossus computers were installed at
Bletchley Park and used to read high-level German ciphers.
He retired in 1974, but continued to come to work at
NPL in the
dielectric area of RF and microwave electromagnetism up to the year of his death.
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