# James H. Ellis

> James Henry Ellis was a British engineer and cryptographer. Born in Australia but raised and educated in Britain, Ellis joined GCHQ in 1952. He worked on a number of cryptographic projects, but is credited with some of the original thinking that developed into the field of Public Key Cryptography (PKC).

*British cryptographer (1924-1997)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1924-09-25
- **Died:** 1997-11-25
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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