Harold Keen

Male, Deceased Person

1894 – 1973

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Who was Harold Keen?

Harold Hall "Doc" Keen was a British engineer who produced the engineering design, and oversaw the construction of, the British bombe, a codebreaking machine used in World War II to read German messages sent using the Enigma machine. He was known as "Doc" Keen because of his habit of carrying tools and paperwork in a case resembling a doctor's bag. After the war he was awarded the O.B.E..

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Born
1894
Died
1973

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on July 23, 2013

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