American mathematician (1891–1961)
Dr.
Lester S. Hill
Lester S. Hill on May 16, 1956
Born (1891-01-18 ) January 18, 1891Died January 9, 1961(1961-01-09) (aged 69)[ 2] [ 3] Nationality American Occupation(s) mathematician and cryptographerKnown for the Hill cipher (1929) Notable work Cryptography in an Algebraic Alphabet (1929)[ 4]
Lester S. Hill (1891–1961) was an American mathematician and educator who was interested in applications of mathematics to communications . He received a bachelor's degree (1911) and a master's degree (1913) from Columbia College and a Ph.D. from Yale University (1926). He taught at the University of Montana , Princeton University , the University of Maine , Yale University , and Hunter College . Among his notable contributions was the Hill cipher . He also developed methods for detecting errors in telegraphed code numbers and wrote two books.
References
^ Christensen, Chris (2014). "Lester Hill Revisited" . Cryptologia 38 (4): 300– 301. doi :10.1080/01611194.2014.915260 . S2CID 45603857 . Retrieved November 9, 2018 – via ResearchGate . ^ a b "Dr. Lester S. Hill". Chicago Tribune Dr. Lester S. Hill, 70, mathematician and cryptographer, died today in Lawrence hospital after a long illness. Hill was commended for application, of higher mathematics to the construction of secret codes. ^ "LESTER HILL DIES; A MATHEMATICIAN; Ex-Hunter Professor Was 70 -- Cryptographer Cited for Service to U. S." The New York Times . Retrieved November 9, 2018 .(subscription required) ^ Dooley, John (January 1, 2018). "10.1 The Shoulders of Giants: Friedman, Hill, and Shannon" . History of Cryptography and Cryptanalysis: Codes, Ciphers, and Their Algorithms . Springer. p. 167. ISBN 978-3-319-90442-9
Rosen, Kenneth (2005). Elementary Number Theory and its Applications , fifth edition, Addison-Wesley, p. 292.
