Shannon, Claude Elwood, 1916-2001
Variant namesMathematician, 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
Biographical Note
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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)
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | William B. Provine collection of evolutionary biology reprints, 20th century. | Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University 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 | Andrew J. and Erna Viterbi Family Archives, 1905-2007 | USC Libraries Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | McCorduck, Pamela, 1940-. The Pamela McCorduck collection, 1972-1979. | Carnegie Mellon University, Hunt Library | |
| creatorOf | Claude Elwood Shannon Papers, 1932-1995, (bulk 1938-1989) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division |
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| correspondedWith | Andrew, Merle M. | person |
| correspondedWith | Ashby, W. Ross (William Ross), 1903-1972 | person |
| associatedWith | Bell Telephone Laboratories. | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Berkeley, Edmund Callis | person |
| correspondedWith | Berkeley, Edmund Callis | person |
| correspondedWith | Biunno, Vincent P. | person |
| correspondedWith | Bode, Hendrik W. (Hendrik Wade), 1905-1982 | person |
| correspondedWith | Brown, Gordon Stanley, 1907-1996 | person |
| correspondedWith | Campbell, John William, 1889- | person |
| correspondedWith | Casby, James U. | person |
| correspondedWith | Dowling, Kevin | person |
| correspondedWith | Dowling, Kevin | person |
| correspondedWith | Elias, P. (Peter) | person |
| correspondedWith | Flanagan, Dennis, 1919-2005 | person |
| correspondedWith | Flood, Merrill M. (Merrill Meeks), 1908-1991 | person |
| correspondedWith | Gabor, Dennis, 1900-1979 | person |
| correspondedWith | Hubbard, L. Ron (La Fayette Ron), 1911-1986 | person |
| correspondedWith | Kleene, Stephen Cole, 1909-1994 | person |
| correspondedWith | Lasker, Edward, 1885-1981 | person |
| correspondedWith | Levy, David N. L. | person |
| correspondedWith | Liversidge, Anthony | person |
| associatedWith | Mahoney, Michael S. (Michael Sean) | person |
| correspondedWith | McCarthy, John, 1927-2011 | person |
| associatedWith | McCorduck, Pamela, 1940- | person |
| correspondedWith | Moore, Edward F. | person |
| associatedWith | Oliver, Bernard M., 1916- | person |
| correspondedWith | Pierce, John Robinson, 1910-2002 | person |
| correspondedWith | Piore, Emanuel Ruben, 1908-2000 | person |
| correspondedWith | Price, G. Baley (Griffith Baley), 1905- | person |
| correspondedWith | Provine, William B. | person |
| correspondedWith | Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996 | person |
| correspondedWith | Shneidman, Edwin S. | person |
| correspondedWith | Singmaster, David | person |
| correspondedWith | Stratton, Julius Adams, 1901-1994 | person |
| correspondedWith | Uttley, A. M. | person |
| associatedWith | Viterbi, Andrew J. | person |
| associatedWith | Viterbi, Erna | person |
| correspondedWith | Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957 | person |
| correspondedWith | Weaver, Warren, 1894-1978 | person |
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| Computer chess |
| Computer games |
| Computers |
| Games |
| Information theory |
| Telecommunication |
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| Computer scientists |
| Information theorists |
| Mathematicians |
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Birth 1916-04-30
Death 2001-02-24
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