Frank Miller (cryptographer)
(1842–1925) American cryptographer, banker, and trustee of Stanford University / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Franklin Miller (January 19, 1842 – February 13, 1925)[1] was an American cryptographer, banker, and trustee of Stanford University. He invented the one-time pad in 1882,[2] 35 years before the patent issued to Gilbert Vernam.[3]
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Franklin Miller | |
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Born | (1842-01-19)January 19, 1842 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States |
Died | February 13, 1925(1925-02-13) (aged 83) Berkeley, California, United States |
Nationality (legal) | American |
Alma mater | Yale University |
Known for | Invention of the one-time pad |
Spouse | Sarah Ednah Pierce
(m. 1867; died 1886)Elinor Cecilia Cook (m. 1888) |
Children | 7 |
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Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1842, he graduated from Yale University and then joined the Union Army during the American Civil War, where he was wounded during the Second Battle of Bull Run.[3]