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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.
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.
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.
May 29, 2024 · Joan Clarke, who was portrayed by Keira Knightley in the 2014 film The Imitation Game, was a talented mathematician who worked alongside Alan Turing at Bletchley Park. The plaque...
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.
Sep 4, 1996 · Joan Clarke played a notable role in Britain's crucial achievements during World War II and it is clear that her mathematical expertise on the Naval Enigma helped to shorten the war and thereby save thousands of lives.
Oct 5, 2023 · In 1940, Joan Clarke, with her mathematical prowess, was handpicked to join this clandestine operation, Britain’s most confidential code-breaking hub.
Nov 28, 2014 · Joan Clarke is invited to Bletchley Park, the home of the government’s code breaking operation, after completing a crossword puzzle. Ruling: Fiction. Clarke’s professor at...
Nov 10, 2014 · Joan Clarke, the only female codebreaker to work alongside Alan Turing and his team at Bletchley Park, recounts the moment the mathematician, who was gay, proposed to her.
Jul 15, 2019 · Joan Clarke. Joan Clarke went to Cambridge to study Mathematics, and was awarded a double First in 1940. One of her supervisors was Gordon Welchman who persuaded her to come to Bletchley...
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