Peter Twinn

Peter Frank George Twinn
Born
Peter Frank George Twinn

(1916-01-09)9 January 1916
Streatham, South London
Died29 October 2004(2004-10-29) (aged 88)
NationalityEnglish
CitizenshipBritish
Education
Alma materBrasenose College, Oxford
Occupations
Employer

Peter Frank George Twinn CBE (9 January 1916 – 29 October 2004) was an English mathematician, Second World War codebreaker and entomologist. He was the first mathematician to be recruited to the Government Code and Cypher School, Head of Intelligence Service Knox (ISK) from 1943, the unit responsible for decrypting over 100,000 Abwehr communications.