Claude Elwood Shannon was an American mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist and cryptographer known as the "father of information theory". Wikipedia
Born: April 30, 1916, Petoskey, MI
Died: February 24, 2001 (age 84 years), Medford, MA
Awards: Claude E. Shannon Award, John Fritz Medal, Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences, and more
Children: Robert James Shannon
Parents: Claude Elwood Shannon, Sr. and Mabel Wolf Shannon
Spouse: Betty Shannon (m. 1949–2001)
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