Arnold Lynch (1914 to 2004) was an English engineer known for his work on the optical tape reader used in the construction of the Colossus codebreaking computer at Bletchley Park. He joined the Post Office Research Station in 1936, working on the electrical and magnetic properties of materials, and after his 1974 retirement continued research at the National Physical Laboratory in dielectric and microwave electromagnetism until his death.
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By 1944 ten Colossus computers were installed at Bletchley Park and used to read high-level (Fish or Tunny) German ciphers.
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