People
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If it wasn't for the fateful day, 26 December 1791, mankind would have probably never seen the invention of the computer as soon as it did. Charles Babbage, fought it out to stay alive when he was attacked by a series of violent fevers Read more...
Leon Batista Alberti, a polymath is his own right, was credited with the title - "The Father of Western Cryptology". He was a patron of Latin literature, philosophy and painting and assumed multiple avatars from a writer to a theorist to a cryptographer. Read more...
French diplomat/cryptographer, Blaise de Vigenère, worked as an official engaged in international negotiations from the year 1540 to 1570. It was during this period that he developed an inclination for cryptography, as it had a firm connection with diplomatic activities. Read more...
Friedrich Wilhelm Kasiski, Polish by birth, spent most of his life a military man. He entered the 33rd Infantry Regiment in 1823, and over the next 29 years assumed positions from Second Lieutenant to Captain, and finally retired a Major in 1852. Read more...