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Whitfield Diffie

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q62505651&amp;oldid=2441380958" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">honorary doctor of ETH Zürich · dated 1992
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q623447&amp;oldid=2535530815" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Diffie–Hellman key exchange
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q170027&amp;oldid=2560210827" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">University of London
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q49108&amp;oldid=2564983405" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Massachusetts Institute of Technology · to 1965
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q1164390&amp;oldid=2556607226" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Paris Kanellakis Award · dated 1996
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q41506&amp;oldid=2564887095" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stanford University

Wikidata describes Whitfield Diffie as American cryptographer (born 1944).

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