the standard says he failed his postgraduate exam so maybe he wasn't a genius that's true.
or maybe he was too clever for the exam.
as the blog insert points out - all the media keep referring to him as a spy but his daily life was probably less romantic -no doubt he was a cyber-number-cruncher of some sort.
...Childhood friend Dylan Parry, 34, said Mr Williams was academically gifted but socially naive and could be easily led.
Mr Parry, a volunteer at Westminster Cathedral, went to school with Mr Williams at Uwchradd Bodedern secondary in Anglesey, North Wales.
He told the London Evening Standard that Mr Williams travelled to Bangor University every week aged 16 to study for a mathematics degree part-time.
He said: "He was the kind of person who found it difficult to engage with people on a normal level.
"It was clear he was going to go far, but we all assumed he would end up in academia. Finding out he became a spy was a shock."
Mr Parry added that his friend was someone "people could easily take advantage of", that he was "naive" and a poor judge of character.
Fellow cyclists, including members of clubs in Cheltenham and Holyhead, paid tribute to Mr Williams for his skills after he clocked up a series of records.
One said: "He was a maths genius. People sometimes thought he was dense because he spoke rather slowly and sometimes seemed distracted. How wrong can you get?"...
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Posted by
michaelz
on 27th August 2010
at 10:38
the standard says he failed his postgraduate exam so maybe he wasn't a genius that's true.
or maybe he was too clever for the exam.
as the blog insert points out - all the media keep referring to him as a spy but his daily life was probably less romantic -no doubt he was a cyber-number-cruncher of some sort.
cf alan turing - http://www.turing.org.uk/turing/scrapbook/run.html
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...Childhood friend Dylan Parry, 34, said Mr Williams was academically gifted but socially naive and could be easily led.
Mr Parry, a volunteer at Westminster Cathedral, went to school with Mr Williams at Uwchradd Bodedern secondary in Anglesey, North Wales.
He told the London Evening Standard that Mr Williams travelled to Bangor University every week aged 16 to study for a mathematics degree part-time.
He said: "He was the kind of person who found it difficult to engage with people on a normal level.
"It was clear he was going to go far, but we all assumed he would end up in academia. Finding out he became a spy was a shock."
Mr Parry added that his friend was someone "people could easily take advantage of", that he was "naive" and a poor judge of character.
Fellow cyclists, including members of clubs in Cheltenham and Holyhead, paid tribute to Mr Williams for his skills after he clocked up a series of records.
One said: "He was a maths genius. People sometimes thought he was dense because he spoke rather slowly and sometimes seemed distracted. How wrong can you get?"...
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/British-Spy-Murder-Police-Probe-Code-Breaker-Gareth-Williams-Private-Life/Article/201008415707559?lpos=UK_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15707559_British_Spy_Murder_Police_Probe_Code_Breaker_Gareth_Williams_Private_Life