Bob went on to become an industrial chemist at Manchester University, where he married—Alan came to his wedding—and remained a friend of Alan's until the end of his life. Andrew Hodge interviewed him for Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983). I don't know if he's still alive. He was of an age to start at public school (Rossall) in '39, but I don't know which form. He's the one on the left in this picture. In the fall of 1940, Alan expressed an interest in him, Bob turned him down, it doesn't seem to have affected their relationship. Hodge's acknowledgements refer to him as "Bob (once Augenfeld)," which may make him difficult to track down.
I can find very little information about Karl, even his last name. He was Clayton's protégé especially; he's described as "the younger son of a Jewish widow . . . Frau S––––," who had boarded in the same house as Clayton when he studied in Vienna in the mid-'30's. She had written to Clayton after Kristallnacht, asking if he could help her sons get to England; he did so with the aid of a Quaker relief society, managed to get Karl placed with a foster-family, and sponsored his education at Rossall as well. Hodge doesn't mention him after that. Nor does he mention what happened to the other son. Barring personal knowledge, I think the only way to trace him would be Rossall's enrollment records. Or maybe a biography of Fred Clayton.
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Bob went on to become an industrial chemist at Manchester University, where he married—Alan came to his wedding—and remained a friend of Alan's until the end of his life. Andrew Hodge interviewed him for Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983). I don't know if he's still alive. He was of an age to start at public school (Rossall) in '39, but I don't know which form. He's the one on the left in this picture. In the fall of 1940, Alan expressed an interest in him, Bob turned him down, it doesn't seem to have affected their relationship. Hodge's acknowledgements refer to him as "Bob (once Augenfeld)," which may make him difficult to track down.
I can find very little information about Karl, even his last name. He was Clayton's protégé especially; he's described as "the younger son of a Jewish widow . . . Frau S––––," who had boarded in the same house as Clayton when he studied in Vienna in the mid-'30's. She had written to Clayton after Kristallnacht, asking if he could help her sons get to England; he did so with the aid of a Quaker relief society, managed to get Karl placed with a foster-family, and sponsored his education at Rossall as well. Hodge doesn't mention him after that. Nor does he mention what happened to the other son. Barring personal knowledge, I think the only way to trace him would be Rossall's enrollment records. Or maybe a biography of Fred Clayton.