Difference between revisions of "Eric Jones"

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Jones was born in Buxton, Derbyshire and educated at King's School, Macclesfield<ref name="odnb">[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/40175 D. R. Nicoll, ''Jones, Sir Eric Malcolm (1907-1986)'', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004]</ref> He spent the early part of his life as a manager in a Manchester textile factory.<ref name="doi">R. A. Ratcliff, ''Delusions of Intelligence: Enigma, Ultra, and the End of Secure Ciphers'', Cambridge University Press, 2006</ref>
 
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===World War II===
 
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He joined the [[Royal Air Force]] reserve in 1940 and was then posted to [[Bletchley Park]].<ref name="odnb"/> From April 1943, Jones was the head of [[Hut 3]], which was responsible for intelligence on the [[Wehrmacht]] and [[Luftwaffe]].<ref name="odnb"/>
 
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===Post World War II===
 
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After WWII he went to [[Washington D.C.]] as representative of British Signals Intelligence.<ref name="odnb"/> He was made Deputy Director of [[GCHQ]] in 1950 and was the Director of [[GCHQ]] from April 1952 until 1960.<ref name="odnb"/> He received a [[knighthood]] in 1957.<ref name="odnb"/>
 
 
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Revision as of 18:43, 23 May 2015

Person.png Eric Jones  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(spook, cryptographer)
Born24 September 1888
Died23 April 1956 (Age 79)
Director of GCHQ

Employment.png Director of GCHQ Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
February 1942 - 15 April 1952
Not actually called "Director of GCHQ" at first.

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