Marian Rejewski
Polish mathematician and cryptologist
Marian Adam Rejewski was a Polish mathematician and cryptologist who in late 1932 reconstructed the sight-unseen German military Enigma cipher machine, aided by limited documents obtained by French military intelligence. Wikipedia
Born: August 16, 1905, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Died: February 13, 1980 (age 74 years), Warsaw, Poland
Parents: Matylda Thoms and Józef Rejewski
Education: Adam Mickiewicz University (1923–1929) and High School No. 1, Bydgoszcz
Awards: Order of Polonia Restituta, Grand Cross; War Medal 1939–1945; Knowlton Award; IEEE Milestone Award.