A tribute to Bill Tutte and the other unsung heroes of Bletchley Park
98 years ago today, a hero was born. A man whose genius cracked a seemingly indecipherable Nazi code - providing the Allies with invaluable information and helping to shorten World War II by at least two years. If you asked others who he was, I daresay the majority of people would come up with the name of Alan Turing. They would, of course, be completely wrong. Professor W. T. (Bill) Tutte This is W. T. Tutte (also known simply as 'Bill Tutte'). He is a man whom we all should be eternally grateful to. The sad thing is, though, that he and many others who worked at Bletchley Park have been almost forgotten - due to the posthumous accolades heaped on Alan Turing in more recent years. Now, don't misunderstand me. There is no doubt that Alan Turing was an extremely gifted mathematician and his work on German Naval Enigma should be recognised. However, there has been a tendency to overpraise his contribution - to the extent that some people seem to thi...