Jerry Roberts, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jerry Roberts

British businessman and wartime codebreaker

Date of Birth: 18-Nov-1920

Place of Birth: Wembley, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 25-Mar-2014

Profession: mathematician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Captain Raymond C.
"Jerry" Roberts, MBE (18 November 1920 – 25 March 2014) was a British wartime codebreaker and businessman.
During the Second World War, Roberts worked at the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) at Bletchley Park from 1941-45.
He was a leading codebreaker and linguist, who worked on the Lorenz cipher system — Hitler's most top-level code.Jerry Roberts was born in Wembley, London.
His father Herbert, had trained as a pharmacist, but worked for Lloyds Bank head office in the City for the rest of his 40-year career (since coming to London from Wales in 1915).
His mother Leticia was a pianist and an organist who played in the local chapel.
He was educated at Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith in London 1933-39 and University College London 1939-41.
He gained a degree in German and French.