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Categories: Pre-computer cryptographers, American people of World War II, 1916 births, American male essayists, Jugglers
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Shannon  Claude Shannon  Claude E. Shannon  Claude Elwood Shannon  An Algebra for Theoretical Genetics
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United States electrical engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (1916-2001) WordNet 3.0
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United States electrical engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (1916-2001) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Claude Elwood Shannon was an American mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist and cryptographer known as the "father of information theory". Wikipedia
American mathematician and information theorist Wikidata
IS A
engineer
homo
ACADEMIC DEGREE
Bachelor of Science
Doctor of Philosophy
Master of Science
ARCHIVES AT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries
AWARD RECEIVED
National Medal of Science
Harold Pender Award
IEEE Medal of Honor
IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award
Kyoto Prize
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CAUSE OF DEATH
Alzheimer's disease
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
United States
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Obalky knih.cz
DOCTORAL ADVISOR
Bush
Frank Lauren Hitchcock
DOCTORAL STUDENT
Ivan Sutherland
Danny Hillis
EDUCATED AT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Michigan
EMPLOYER
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
FAMILY NAME
Shannon
FIELD OF WORK
cryptanalysis
cybernetics
electrical engineering
information theory
probability theory
GIVEN NAME
Claude
INFLUENCED BY
Bush
Ralph Hartley
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
English
MANNER OF DEATH
natural causes
MEDICAL CONDITION
Alzheimer's disease
MEMBER OF
National Academy of Sciences
Royal Society
American Philosophical Society
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
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NOMINATED FOR
Nobel Prize in Physics
NOTABLE WORK
A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits
A Mathematical Theory of Communication
OCCUPATION
engineer
computer scientist
geneticist
mathematician
professeur des universités
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PARTICIPANT IN
Dartmouth workshop
PLACE OF BIRTH
Petoskey
PLACE OF DEATH
Medford
RELIGION
atheism
RESIDENCE
Gaylord
SEX OR GENDER
male
SPORT
cycle sport
SPOUSE
Betty Shannon
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Shannon, Claude Shannon, Claude E. Shannon, Claude Elwood Shannon
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Claude Shannon
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Claude Shannon
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An Algebra for Theoretical Genetics, C. E. Shannon, C.E. Shannon, Claude E. Shannon, Claude Elwood Shannon, father of information theory, Shannonian, The father of information theory, THROBAC
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C. E. Shannon, C.E. Shannon, C E Shannon, Claude E. Shannon, Claude Elwood Shannon, Shannon

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