Bletchley Park | Secret Favourites - Bill Tutte Bust
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 พ.ค. 2020
- Bletchley Park's Exhibitions Manager, Erica Munro, tells us more about the Bill Tutte bust which features in the Bill Tutte: Mathematician + Codebreaker exhibition.
In this 'Secret Favourites' series, we uncover some of the secrets behind interesting objects in our collection.
This bust was created by Artist, Gabriella Bollobas, a personal friend of Bill Tutte. This likeness of Bill Tutte as a younger man recalls what he would have looked like whilst working at Bletchley Park. It was made in 2017 and kindly donated by the artist.
00:19 - Who is Bill Tutte?
00:30 - What did Bill Tutte do?
01:19 - About the Bill Tutte bust
About Bill Tutte
Bill Tutte was born in Newmarket, Suffolk in 1917. His father was a gardener and his mother was a housekeeper and cook. He attended school in Cheveley and at the Cambridge and County High School for Boys. Although he was sometimes mocked by his fellow scholars for his studious nature, Tutte excelled at chemistry, physics and mathematics. He was accepted at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1935. He graduated in chemistry but later transferred to mathematics until an interview for a wartime job brought him to Bletchley Park in 1941.
Tutte played an important role in Bletchley Park's story. He worked here between 1941 to 1945. After solving the messages created by an Italian cipher machine, Tutte worked on messages from ‘Tunny’, a high level German cipher. He was able to figure out the mechanism of the Lorenz teleprinter cipher machine that created the messages. He was also able to come up with a method of identifying how the machine was set up for each message, allowing these important communications to be read by the Allies for the remainder of the war.
Bill Tutte returned to Trinity College, Cambridge after the war. Having gained a PhD in mathematics, he then moved to Canada. There, he became an influential figure in the developing field of Graph Theory. He was internationally renowned and hugely respected. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1958 and of the Royal Society (UK) in 1987. Tutte was a modest man, reserved and intelligent. He married Dorothea Mitchell in 1949 and lived in Canada until his death in 2002.
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Bletchley Park is a vibrant heritage attraction and museum, open daily to visitors.
It was the home of British World War Two codebreaking; a place where technological innovation and human endeavour came together to make groundbreaking achievements that have helped shape the world we live in today.
This unique site was previously a vast Victorian estate, where parts including the Mansion still survive, expanding during wartime to accommodate Codebreakers Huts and Blocks.
During World War Two, the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS), now known as the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), was based at Bletchley Park. It grew from a small team of specialists to a vast intelligence factory of thousands of dedicated women and men. This extraordinary combination of brilliant and determined people and cutting-edge technology contributed significantly to Allied victory. In tough conditions, they provided vital intelligence and developed pioneering technological innovation that had a direct and profound influence on the outcome of the war.
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One of my most cherished possessions is a copy of Simon Singh's The Code Book, inscribed, "Congratulations on your PhD. W.T. Tutte." Bill Tutte taught at my university in Canada, and though he retired before I did my PhD there, a friend and colleague had Professor Tutte sign the book as a gift when I successfully completed my doctorate. It was such a pleasure to see your video and the sculpture of Bill Tutte as a young man. I salute his genius, and also his kindness in signing a book for an unknown student.
What a great story, thank you for sharing!
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