
Thomas Harold Flowers was an English engineer with the British General Post Office
Tommy Flowers (1905-1998) was a British engineer and computer scientist. He is best known for his work in designing and building Colossus, the world's first programmable electronic computer. Colossus played a crucial role in decrypting German codes during World War II. Flowers' innovative design and engineering skills were instrumental in the development of early computers and the advancement of computing technology.
Designed and built the Mark I Colossus computer, the world's first programmable, digital, electronic, computing devices
Thomas Harold Flowers was an English engineer with the British General Post Office. During World War II, Flowers designed and built Colossus, the world's first programmable electronic computer, to help decipher encrypted German messages.
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Royal Arsenal
1921–1925
General Post Office
1926–
University of London
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