Allan, Donald James, 1907-1978

by D A Russell

Date
19 Apr 2016
ISBN
978-0-19-725998-6 hbk

Elected Fellow of the British Academy 1954.



Extract relating to military intelligence work:


Five years (1940-5) of the 'Government Code and Cipher School' cannot have been wholly uncongenial to Donald's clear and rapid intelligence, though no doubt it was wearing enough.



(See: List of humanities scholars who worked in military intelligence in the Second World War)



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