Claude Elwood Shannon was an American mathematician, electrical engineer, and cryptographer known as "the father of information theory". Mathematical Theory of Communication, that he published in 1948. Born: April 30, 1916 Died: February 21, 2001 (may 16, 1905 – apr 30, 1916)
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may 16, 1905
apr 30, 1916
~ 10 years