deaths
October 29, 2004
Peter Twinn, English mathematician and entomologist (born 1916)
Peter Twinn
Peter Frank George Twinn was an English mathematician, Second World War codebreaker and entomologist. He was the first mathematician to be recruited to the Government Code and Cypher School, Head of Intelligence Service Knox (ISK) from 1943, the unit responsible for decrypting over 100,000 Abwehr communications.
October 29
October 29 is the 302nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 63 days remain until the end of the year.