Gordon Welchman [SEP] educated at
England as a country vicar, eventually becoming archdeacon of Bristol. Elizabeth was the daughter of another priest, the Revd Edward Moule Griffith.
Welchman was educated at Marlborough College and then studied mathematics as a scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1925 to 1928. In 1929, he became a Research Fellow in Mathematics at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, a Fellow in 1932 and later Dean of the College.
Bletchley Park.
Just before the Second World War, Welchman was invited by Commander Alastair Denniston to join
Howard Smith (diplomat)
Sir Howard Frank Trayton Smith, (15 October 1919 – 7 May 1996) was a British diplomat.
Career.
Educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, Smith worked at Bletchley Park during World War II and later became the British ambassador to Moscow. At college in Cambridge, Smith was a contemporary of Asa Briggs, playing chess with him and recommending Briggs to fellow Cambridge mathematician Gordon Welchman for service in Hut 6.
In 1978 Smith was unexpectedly appointed Director General (DG)