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Henryk Zygalski

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Polish mathematician and cryptologist (1908-1978)

AcademicsLived 1908 to 1978 · aged 70
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Henryk Zygalski was a Polish mathematician and cryptologist who worked at breaking German Enigma-machine ciphers before and during World War II.

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Photos 4

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Awards 1

2000Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta

Academics born in the 1900s 6

Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark52.8Nikolai Voznesensky52.6Piet Hein53.5Oskar Lange52.5Antal Szerb54.1Sergei Sobolev52.2

About this person

Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1908 to 1978 · aged 70
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20 languages

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