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Professor Sir [[Harry Hinsley]] was a British historian. | Professor Sir [[Harry Hinsley]] was a British historian. | ||
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| + | Hinsley was the the son of an employee of the coal department at the Walsall Co-op and a school caretaker. He went to St John's College, Cambridge in 1937, but was recruited there into the [[Government Code and Cipher School]] (GC&CS) At Bletchley Park before he could complete his degree.<ref name="IndObit">Peter Linehan, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-professor-sir-harry-hinsley-1145675.html Obituary: Professor Sir Harry Hinsley], ''Independent, 19 February 1998.</ref> | ||
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| + | At Bletchley Park, Hinsley specialised in German naval radio traffic.<ref name="IndObit">Peter Linehan, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-professor-sir-harry-hinsley-1145675.html Obituary: Professor Sir Harry Hinsley], ''Independent, 19 February 1998.</ref> | ||
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| + | In September 1944, Hinsley became part of a small planning group formed to consider the postwar future of GC&CS along with [[Gordon Welchman]] and [[Edward Crankshaw]].<ref>Richard J. Aldrich, ''GCHQ: The Uncensored Story of Britain's Most Secret Intelligence Agency'', HarperPress, 2010, p.64.</ref> | ||
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| + | In spring 1945, Hinsley travelled to Washington as assistant to GC&CS head, Sir [[Edward Travis]].<ref>Stephen Dorril, ''MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service'', Fourth Estate Limited, 2000, p.52.</ref> | ||
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| + | He accompanied Travis on a further visit to Washington in October 1945, to continue negotiations on SIGINT collaboration.<ref>Stephen Dorril, ''MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service'', Fourth Estate Limited, 2000, p.54.</ref> | ||
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| + | He earned his MA at Cambridge in 1946.<ref name="NYTObit">Wolfgang Saxon, [http://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/24/world/sir-francis-harry-hinsley-79-british-historian.html Sir Francis Harry Hinsley, 79, British Historian], ''New York Times'', 24 February 1998.</ref> | ||
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| + | Hinsley produced the five-part ''British Intelligence in the Second World War'' between 1979 and 1990.<ref name="NYTObit">Wolfgang Saxon, [http://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/24/world/sir-francis-harry-hinsley-79-british-historian.html Sir Francis Harry Hinsley, 79, British Historian], ''New York Times'', 24 February 1998.</ref> | ||
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| + | In 1946, he returned to St John's College where he had been elected a fellow, two years before.<ref name="IndObit">Peter Linehan, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-professor-sir-harry-hinsley-1145675.html Obituary: Professor Sir Harry Hinsley], ''Independent, 19 February 1998.</ref> | ||
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| + | In the late 1970s, he founded the [[Centre of International Studies, University of Cambridge]] with Professor [[Clive Parry]].<ref name"CIS">[http://www.polis.cam.ac.uk/cis/ Centre of International Studies], University of Cambridge, accessed 11 April 2013.</ref> | ||
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| + | He was Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge in 1981 to 1983.<ref name="IndObit">Peter Linehan, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-professor-sir-harry-hinsley-1145675.html Obituary: Professor Sir Harry Hinsley], ''Independent, 19 February 1998.</ref> | ||
==External resources== | ==External resources== | ||
*NameBase [http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Hinsley HINSLEY FRANCIS HARRY] | *NameBase [http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Hinsley HINSLEY FRANCIS HARRY] | ||
| − | *Peter Linehan, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-professor-sir-harry-hinsley-1145675.html | + | *Peter Linehan, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-professor-sir-harry-hinsley-1145675.html Obituary: Professor Sir Harry Hinsley], ''Independent, 19 February 1998. |
| − | Obituary: Professor Sir Harry Hinsley], ''Independent, 19 February 1998. | + | *Wolfgang Saxon, [http://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/24/world/sir-francis-harry-hinsley-79-british-historian.html Sir Francis Harry Hinsley, 79, British Historian], ''New York Times'', 24 February 1998. |
| − | *Wolfgang Saxon, [http://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/24/world/sir-francis-harry-hinsley-79-british-historian.html Sir Francis Harry Hinsley, 79, British Historian], ''New York Times'', 24 February 1998. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Latest revision as of 23:29, 11 April 2013
Professor Sir Harry Hinsley was a British historian.
Hinsley was the the son of an employee of the coal department at the Walsall Co-op and a school caretaker. He went to St John's College, Cambridge in 1937, but was recruited there into the Government Code and Cipher School (GC&CS) At Bletchley Park before he could complete his degree.[1]
At Bletchley Park, Hinsley specialised in German naval radio traffic.[1]
In September 1944, Hinsley became part of a small planning group formed to consider the postwar future of GC&CS along with Gordon Welchman and Edward Crankshaw.[2]
In spring 1945, Hinsley travelled to Washington as assistant to GC&CS head, Sir Edward Travis.[3]
He accompanied Travis on a further visit to Washington in October 1945, to continue negotiations on SIGINT collaboration.[4]
He earned his MA at Cambridge in 1946.[5]
Hinsley produced the five-part British Intelligence in the Second World War between 1979 and 1990.[5]
In 1946, he returned to St John's College where he had been elected a fellow, two years before.[1]
In the late 1970s, he founded the Centre of International Studies, University of Cambridge with Professor Clive Parry.[6]
He was Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge in 1981 to 1983.[1]
External resources
- NameBase HINSLEY FRANCIS HARRY
- Peter Linehan, Obituary: Professor Sir Harry Hinsley, Independent, 19 February 1998.
- Wolfgang Saxon, Sir Francis Harry Hinsley, 79, British Historian, New York Times, 24 February 1998.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Peter Linehan, Obituary: Professor Sir Harry Hinsley, Independent, 19 February 1998.
- ↑ Richard J. Aldrich, GCHQ: The Uncensored Story of Britain's Most Secret Intelligence Agency, HarperPress, 2010, p.64.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Fourth Estate Limited, 2000, p.52.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Fourth Estate Limited, 2000, p.54.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Wolfgang Saxon, Sir Francis Harry Hinsley, 79, British Historian, New York Times, 24 February 1998.
- ↑ Centre of International Studies, University of Cambridge, accessed 11 April 2013.
