| William Friedman  AKA Wolfe Frederick Friedman
Born: 24-Sep-1891
Birthplace: Kishinev, Russia
Died: 12-Nov-1969
Location of death: Washington, DC
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Arlington National Cemetery
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Scientist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Cryptography pioneer Father: Frederick Friedman
Mother: Rosa Friedman
Brother: M.J. Friedman
Wife: Elizebeth Friedman (cryptologist, m. May-1917, d. 1980)
Son: John Friedman
High School: Pittsburgh Central High School, Pittsburgh, PA (1909)
University: Michigan Agricultural College, East Lansing, MI
University: BS, Cornell University (1914)
Rand Corporation
National Security Medal 1955
Naturalized US Citizen
Nervous Breakdown 1939-40
Nervous Breakdown 1949-50
Heart Attack Apr-1955
Heart Attack May-1969
Romanian Ancestry
Jewish Ancestry
Risk Factors: Depression
Is the subject of books:
The Man Who Broke Purple: The Life of Colonel William F. Friedman, Who Deciphered the Japanese Code in World War II, 1977, BY: Ronald William Clark, DETAILS: (biography)
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