Shannon, Claude Elwood, 1916-2001

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Mathematician, information theorist, and computer scientist. Died 2001.

From the description of Claude Elwood Shannon papers, 1932-1995 (bulk 1938-1989). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71174632

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1916, Apr. 30: Born, Petoskey, Mich.
1936: B.S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
1940: M.Sc., electrical engineering, and Ph.D., mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
1940 - 1941 : Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J.
1948: Published “A Mathematical Theory of Communication,” Bell System Technical Journal
1949: Married Mary E. Moore
1941 - 1958 : Research mathematician, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J.
1958 - 1978 : Donner Professor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
1985: Awarded Kyoto Prize
2001, Feb. 24: Died, Medford, Mass.

From the guide to the Claude Elwood Shannon Papers, 1932-1995, (bulk 1938-1989), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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referencedIn	Andrew J. and Erna Viterbi Family Archives, 1905-2007	USC Libraries Special Collections
creatorOf	Claude Elwood Shannon Papers, 1932-1995, (bulk 1938-1989)	Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn	McCorduck, Pamela, 1940-. The Pamela McCorduck collection, 1972-1979.	Carnegie Mellon University, Hunt Library
referencedIn	Michael S. Mahoney papers., 1923-2008	University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.
referencedIn	Oliver, Bernard M., 1916-. Oral history interview with Bernard M. Oliver, 1985 Aug. 9, 1986 Apr. 14.	University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
referencedIn	William B. Provine collection of evolutionary biology reprints, 20th century.	Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

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correspondedWith	Andrew, Merle M.
correspondedWith	Ashby, W. Ross (William Ross), 1903-1972
associatedWith	Bell Telephone Laboratories.
correspondedWith	Berkeley, Edmund Callis
correspondedWith	Berkeley, Edmund Callis
correspondedWith	Biunno, Vincent P.
correspondedWith	Bode, Hendrik W. (Hendrik Wade), 1905-1982
correspondedWith	Brown, Gordon Stanley, 1907-1996
correspondedWith	Campbell, John William, 1889-
correspondedWith	Casby, James U.