Dora Metcalf
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| Birthday |
11th March, 1892
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| Birthplace |
Madras (now Chennai), India
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| Died |
17th October, 1982
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| Place of Death |
Otley, England
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| Zodiac Sign |
Pisces
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| Occupation Text |
Entrepreneur, engineer, mathematician, computing pioneer
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Dora Stuart Primrose Metcalf (11 March 1892 – 17 October 1982) was an India-born Irish entrepreneur, mathematician and computing pioneer. During World War I she was a comptometer operator in a munitions factory during which time she realised the potential in the mechanical descendants of the abacus. During World War II she was involved with supplying the "bombe" decryption machines to the codebreakers at Bletchley Park in England.
