Claude Shannon
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 24 years ago |
| Date of birth | April 30,1916 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Born | Petoskey |
| Michigan | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | February 24,2001 |
| Died | Medford |
| Massachusetts | |
| United States | |
| Spouse | Mary Elizabeth Moore Shannon |
| Children | Margarita Shannon |
| Andrew Moore Shannon | |
| Robert James Shannon | |
| Job | Mathematician |
| Electrical engineer | |
| Electronic Engineer | |
| Cryptographer | |
| Education | University of Michigan |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
| Books | A Mathematical Theory of Communication |
| Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems | |
| Claude Elwood Shannon | |
| Awards | Claude E. Shannon Award |
| Kyoto Prize | |
| IEEE Medal of Honor | |
| Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences | |
| Alfred Noble Prize | |
| John Fritz Medal | |
| Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship | |
| National Medal of Science for Engineering | |
| Stuart Ballantine Medal | |
| Parents | Claude Elwood Shannon, Sr. |
| Mabel Wolf Shannon | |
| Siblings | Catherine Shannon Kay |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 454284 |
Claude Shannon Life story
Claude Elwood Shannon was an American mathematician, electrical engineer and cryptographer known as the "father of information theory".