Peter Twinn

Peter Frank George Twinn (9 January 1916 –29 October 2004) was a British mathematician, World War II codebreaker and entomologist.

Post-war career

Twinn's carried on government work after the war in a number of departments, including, in the late 1960s, as Director of Hovercraft in the Ministry for Technology. Later he became Secretary of the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough. In the early 1970s, he was the second secretary of the Natural Environment Research Council.

Related Topics:
Hovercraft - Royal Aircraft Establishment - Farnborough - Natural Environment Research Council

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Twinn became interested in entomology, gaining his doctorate from London University in the jumping mechanism of click beetles. He co-authored A Provisional Atlas of the Longhorn Beetle (Coleoptera Cerambycidae) (1999), a study of the distribution of a number of beetle species.

Related Topics:
Entomology - London University - Click beetle

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Twinn had an interest in music and played the clarinet and viola. Twinn married Rosamund Case, whom he had met at Bletchley Park through his interest in music, in 1944; they had a son and three daughters.

Related Topics:
Clarinet - Viola

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