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Joan Clarke, cryptanalyst who worked with Alan Turing
http://m.bbc.com/news/technology-29840653As World War II raged, a dedicated group of codebreakers in England strove to crack the German communication system, intercept messages and enable quicker defeat of the enemy. Head of the group was cryptanalyst and inventor Alan Turing. Along with him was Joan Clarke, one of the first women to go so far in this field.
