William F. Friedman

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Cryptographer
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:U.S._Army
gptkbp:awards Legion of Merit
gptkbp:born September 24, 1891
gptkbp:contribution Friedman test
gptkbp:died November 24, 1969
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:field Cryptography
gptkbp:founder gptkb:National_Security_Agency
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William F. Friedman
gptkbp:influence gptkb:World_War_II_cryptography
gptkbp:influenced Modern cryptography
gptkbp:inventor gptkb:Friedman_cipher
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:SIGABA
gptkb:Venona_project
gptkb:U.S._Army_Signal_Corps
gptkb:American_military_intelligence
gptkb:U.S._Navy_cryptography
Academic publishing
Advocacy
Collaboration
Computer science
Conferences
Data analysis
Linguistics
Mathematics
National Defense
Public speaking
Research and development
Seminars
Signal processing
Statistics
Teaching
Workshops
Community service
Information theory
Magic
Mentoring
Networking
Professional organizations
Public education
Purple cipher
Outreach programs
Intelligence community
Cryptologic history
Japanese_cryptography
gptkbp:knownFor Cryptanalysis
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:William_F._Friedman_Jr.
gptkbp:publishes The_Index_of_Coincidence_and_its_Applications
gptkbp:researchAreas Codebreaking
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elizebeth_Friedman
gptkbp:work gptkb:American_Cryptogram_Association