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I. J. Good

British statistician and cryptographer (1916–2009)

  • Fame50.9
  • Momentum0.1
  • Wikipedia2.7K
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Lived 1916–2009, aged 93United Kingdom
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    22 languages
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  • Era
    1916–2009
    Aged 93
  • Awards
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    recognised works
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Updated 2026-06-18

Irving John Good was a British mathematician who worked as a cryptologist at Bletchley Park with Alan Turing. After the Second World War, Good continued to work with Turing on the design of computers and Bayesian statistics at the University of Manchester. Good moved to the United States where he was a professor at Virginia Tech.

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