Gilbert Vernam
Gilbert Sandford Vernam (born April 4, 1890 in Brooklyn , New York , † February 7, 1960 ) was an American engineer employed by AT&T ( Bell Labs ) . In 1917 he invented the Vernam cipher , a stream cipher , and was then involved with Joseph O. Mauborgne in the reinvention of the one-time pad encryption method, originally invented in 1882 by the American cryptologist Frank Miller (1842-1925) but was forgotten again.
literature
- John William Leonard (Ed.): Who's Who in Engineering. A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries 1922-1923. Leonard, Brooklyn Borough [et al.] [1922]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vernam, Gilbert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vernam, Gilbert Sandford |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American technician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 1960 |