Arthur Scherbius

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:German_Society_for_the_Promotion_of_Science
gptkbp:associatedWith Cryptography
gptkbp:awards None known
gptkbp:born March 30, 1878
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Friedrichsfelde_Cemetery
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:contributedTo Information security
Military communications
gptkbp:contribution Electromechanical encryption devices
gptkbp:culturalImpact Popular culture references
gptkbp:deathPlace Cancer
gptkbp:died January 15, 1929
gptkbp:education gptkb:Technical_University_of_Darmstadt
gptkbp:famousFor Cryptographic security
gptkbp:field Engineering
gptkbp:historicalContext Post-World War I Germany
gptkbp:historicalImpact Significant impact on cryptography
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Pioneering cryptography
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Arthur Scherbius
gptkbp:influence gptkb:World_War_II_cryptography
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:World_War_I
Modern encryption methods
gptkbp:influencedBy Mathematicians
None known
Early computing devices
gptkbp:influenceOn Computer science
gptkbp:inspiration Future cryptographers
gptkbp:inspiredBy Previous cipher technologies
gptkbp:inventor 1918
1920
Various cipher devices
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Enigma_machine
gptkbp:legacy Impact on modern cryptography
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:Scherbius_&_Ritter
1923
gptkbp:nationality German
gptkbp:notableEvent None known
Creation_of_the_Enigma_machine
Development_of_the_Enigma_machine
gptkbp:notableFeature Military intelligence
None known
gptkbp:occupation Inventor
gptkbp:patentCitation Enigma_machine_patent
gptkbp:patentClaim Multiple encryption patents
gptkbp:patentType Rotor cipher machine
gptkbp:relatedPatent Encryption
None known
Mechanical encryption devices
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:researchField Electrical engineering
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Berlin
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Margarete_Scherbius
gptkbp:technology Military operations
Advancements in cryptography
Cipher disks
gptkbp:work Cipher machines