William Friedman

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:birthDate 1891-09-24
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Chișinău
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gptkb:Barbara_Friedman
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gptkbp:deathDate 1969-11-02
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
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gptkb:Signal_Intelligence_Service
gptkbp:ethnicGroup Jewish
gptkbp:fieldOfWork cryptography
military intelligence
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Friedman
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Elizebeth_Smith_Friedman
gptkb:U.S._cryptologic_community
gptkbp:knownFor founding modern American cryptology
gptkbp:language English
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gptkb:U.S._Army_Signal_Corps
gptkbp:militaryRank Colonel
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gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:Cryptanalysis_of_the_Japanese_Purple_Machine
gptkb:Elements_of_Cryptanalysis
gptkb:Military_Cryptanalysis
gptkb:The_Index_of_Coincidence_and_Its_Applications_in_Cryptography
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Abraham_Sinkov
gptkb:Genevieve_Grotjan_Feinstein
gptkb:Frank_Rowlett
gptkb:Solomon_Kullback
gptkbp:notableWork breaking the Japanese PURPLE cipher
development of cryptanalysis techniques
gptkbp:occupation biologist
crypt
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Frederick_Friedman
gptkb:Rosa_Friedman
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