Claude Shannon
American mathematician and information theorist (1916–2001).
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Claude Shannon was an American mathematician and information theorist. Born on 30 April 1916 in Petoskey, Shannon died on 24 February 2001 in Medford at the age of 84.
Notable works include A Mathematical Theory of Communication, A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits and Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem. Shannon studied at University of Michigan and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Honours include Noble Prize, IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award and Stuart Ballantine Medal, among 15 recorded.
With a Wikipedia article in 70 languages, Claude Shannon is No. 2,896 in the People and Position Index.
- Born
- 30 April 1916, Petoskey
- Died
- 24 February 2001, Medford (aged 84)
- Country
- United States
- Known as
- Mathematician, cryptographer, computer scientist
- Field
- Science
- Education
- University of Michigan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Languages
- English
- Wikipedia editions
- 70
Did you know
Lived to 84.
Shares a birthday with Carl Friedrich Gauss and António Guterres.
One of 4 people in the Index born in Petoskey, with Megan Boone.
Has a Wikipedia article in 70 languages.
Computed from the Index and Wikidata.
Connections
- SpouseBetty Shannon
- SpouseNorma Barzman
Honours and works
Awards
- Noble Prize1939
- IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award1949
- Stuart Ballantine Medal1955
- Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship1963
- IEEE Medal of Honor1966
- National Medal of Science1966
- Harvey Prize1972
- Claude E. Shannon Award1972
- Edwin Howard Armstrong Achievement Award1973
- Harold Pender Award1978
- John Fritz Medal1983
- Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences1985
- Foreign Member of the Royal Society1991
- Marconi Prize2000
- National Inventors Hall of Fame2004
Notable works
- A Mathematical Theory of Communication
- A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits
- Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem
- Shannon's source coding theorem
- Noisy-channel coding theorem
- Shannon–Hartley theorem
- Shannon's expansion
- Shannon's generalized De Morgan law
- Shannon capacity
- Information entropy
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