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Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander

British cryptanalyst, chess player, and chess writer.

Born April 19th, 1909 in Cork.

Died February 15th, 1974 at 64 years old in Cheltenham.

Occupations
chess player, correspondence chess player, cryptographer, journalist, mathematician

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel