David Hamer (cryptologist)

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David H. Hamer (* 1934 in Billingham , United Kingdom ; † April 3, 2017 ) was a trained physical chemist . After his training, which he also completed in the United States , and his military service in the intelligence service of the Royal Air Force , he also lived and worked in France and Germany . He lived in Bedminster ( New Jersey ).

He is mainly known for his work as a historian and cryptologist , which is reflected in numerous publications in these areas.

Act

David Hamer has a special bond with Bletchley Park

David Hamer dealt with classical cryptology, in particular with encryption methods of the Second World War . He was particularly interested in the various key rotor machines and methods for breaking them .

He was particularly interested in the Enigma key machine used in radio communications by the German military in World War II and its cryptanalysis , on which he has published a large number of specialist articles.

In addition, he was a member of the National Cryptological Museum of the USA , the Crypto Simulation Group and worked as an editor for the journals Cryptologia and Eye Spy . In 2000 he was awarded the special title of Visiting Research Scholar by the Bletchley Park Trust of Bletchley Park , the agency in the United Kingdom that successfully deciphered the secret communications of the German Wehrmacht during World War II and is now a museum. He received this honor at the same time as Frode Weierud and Ralph Erskine .

Works (selection)

  • with Geoff Sullivan and Frode Weierud: Enigma Variations - An Extended Family of Machines . Cryptologia. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia PA 22.1998.1 (July). ISSN  0161-1194 . PDF; 0.1 MB ( memento from June 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  • G-312. To defense Enigma . Cryptologia. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia PA 24.2000.1 (January). ISSN  0161-1194 . PDF; 1.1 MB ( Memento from June 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  • Enigma - Actions involved in the 'double stepping' of the middle rotor . Publication. PDF; 0.1 MB

Web links

  • Homepage
  • Photo by David Hamer (right) together with Frode Weierud and Ralph Erskine

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary (English), doi: 10.1080 / 01611194.2017.1343556
  2. ↑ David Hamer's homepage (English). Retrieved: Jul 17, 2017.
  3. ↑ David Hamer's CV (English). Accessed: Sep 2. 2008.
  4. ↑ Visiting Research Scholars . Accessed: Sep 2. 2008.
personal data
SURNAME Hamer, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hamer, David H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Historian and cryptologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Billingham , UK
DATE OF DEATH 3rd April 2017