Claude Elwood Shannon

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Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1940 UnitedStates
Dissertation: An Algebra for Theoretical Genetics

Advisor: Frank Lauren Hitchcock

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NameSchoolYearDescendants
Ernst, HeinrichMassachusetts Institute of Technology1962
Hillis, WilliamMassachusetts Institute of Technology1981
Sutherland, IvanMassachusetts Institute of Technology19634
Sutherland, WilliamMassachusetts Institute of Technology1966

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