Dr.

Lester S. Hill
Lester S. Hill on May 16, 1956
Born
Lester Sanders Hil[1]

(1891-01-18)January 18, 1891
New York City
DiedJanuary 9, 1961(1961-01-09) (aged 69)[2][3]
Bronxville, New York[2]
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)mathematician and cryptographer
Known forthe Hill cipher (1929)
Notable workCryptography 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "Dr. Lester S. Hill". Chicago Tribune. January 10, 1961. p. 10. 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.
  3. ^ "LESTER HILL DIES; A MATHEMATICIAN; Ex-Hunter Professor Was 70 -- Cryptographer Cited for Service to U. S." The New York Times. January 10, 1961. Retrieved November 9, 2018.(subscription required)
  4. ^ 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 – via Google Books.


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