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    Claude Shannon

    American mathematician and information theorist (–)

    Claude Shannon

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    Born

    Claude Elwood Shannon


    ()April 30,

    Petoskey, Michigan, U.S.

    DiedFebruary 24, () (aged&#;84)

    Medford, Massachusetts, U.S.

    EducationUniversity of Michigan (BS, BSE)
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, PhD)
    Known&#;for
    Spouse(s)Norma Levor (–41)
    Betty Shannon (– (his death))
    Awards
    Scientific career
    FieldsMathematics, computer science, electronic engineering, artificial intelligence
    Institutions
    Theses
    Doctoral advisorFrank Lauren Hitchcock
    Doctoral students

    Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, – February 24, ) was an American mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist, cryptographer and inventor known as the "father of information theory" and as the "father of the Information Age".[1] Shannon was the first to describe the Boolean gates (electronic circuits) that are essential to all