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Leo Marks, English cryptographer, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1920)

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Leo Marks

British cryptographer and writer (1920–2001)

Leopold Samuel Marks, was an English writer, screenwriter, and cryptographer. During the Second World War he headed the codes office supporting resistance agents in occupied Europe for the secret Special Operations Executive organisation. After the war, Marks became a playwright…
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