Scherbius, Arthur

Arthur Scherbius
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Name	Scherbius, Arthur Gender: M
Birthname	Jacob Ludolf Arthur Scherbius
born on	30 October 1878 at 00:00 (= 12:00 midnight )
Place	Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 50n07, 8e40
Timezone	LMT m8e40 (is local mean time)
Data source	BC/BR in hand Rodden Rating AA Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data	06°26' 01°08 Asc. 22°59'

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Arthur Scherbius (1913)

Biography

German electrical engineer, inventor and pioneer who invented the famous mechanical cipher Enigma machine. He patented the invention, and later sold the machine under the brand name Enigma. Widely considered as the most sophisticated cipher machine in Human history with 159 Quintilian (158,962,555,217,826,360,000) different combinations of characters & numbers.

Scherbius offered unequaled opportunities and showed the importance of cryptography to military and civil intelligence.

He died on 13 May 1929, aged 50, in Berlin.

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Events

• Death, Cause unspecified 13 May 1929 (Age 50)
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Source Notes

Sy Scholfield provided birth registry entry from Hesse Archives: "nachts um zwölf Uhr" (at twelve o'clock at night).

Categories

• Vocation : Engineer : Electrical

• Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator (Enigma machine)