James H. Ellis
Cryptographer, Deceased Person
1924 – 1997
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Who was James H. Ellis?
James Henry Ellis was a British engineer and cryptographer. In 1970, while working at the Government Communications Headquarters in Cheltenham he conceived of the possibility of "non-secret encryption", more commonly termed public-key cryptography.
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- Born
- Sep 25, 1924
United Kingdom - Also known as
- James Ellis
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Imperial College London
- Lived in
- London
- Died
- Nov 25, 1997
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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