Hugh Alexander Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Hugh Alexander, based on 4 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.

4 records1940–19421 events1 places

Chronological biography

1940

Enigma Machine1940

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Bletchley Park

Works in Hut 6 on German Army and Luftwaffe Enigma before later transferring to Naval Enigma.

1941

Enigma Machine1941

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Bletchley Park

Moves to Hut 8 and joins the concentrated effort against German Naval Enigma.

1942

Enigma Machine1942

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Bletchley Park

Leads Hut 8 work on the four-rotor Naval Enigma problem during the Shark blackout.

Enigma MachineDecember 1942

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Bletchley Park

Helps restore reading of four-rotor U-boat Enigma as Hut 8 breaks Shark again in December.

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.