Testery
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The Testery was a section at Bletchley Park, the British codebreaking station during World War II, headed by Major Ralph Tester. The Testery employed hand methods to solve the Fish traffic, but later invented the Dragon and Proteus electronic cribbing machines.
The Testery was formed in July 1942 under Major Ralph Tester, who had previously led a small group working on a German hand cipher.[1]
Max Newman was originally in the Testery until the Newmanry section was created on 1 February 1943 to develop and employ machine methods for the Fish traffic.
By May 1945, the Testery had grown to 118 personnel.[1]
[edit] List of Testery personnel
- Peter Benenson
- Peter Hilton
- Roy Jenkins
- Max Newman, head of the Newmanry
- Ralph Tester, head of the Testery
[edit] References
- ^ a b Jerry Roberts, "Major Tester's Section", p. 250 from pp. 249-259 in B. Jack Copeland, ed., Colossus: The Secrets of Bletchley Park's Codebreaking Computers, Oxford University Press, 2006
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