Mathematician:Blaise de Vigenère

Mathematician

French diplomat, cryptographer, translator and alchemist.

Best known nowadays for his Vigenère cipher.

Nationality

French

History

• Born: 5 April 1523 in Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule, Kingdom of France
• Died: 19 February 1596 in Paris, Kingdom of France

Theorems and Definitions

• Vigenère Cipher

Definitions of concepts named for Blaise de Vigenère can be found here.

Publications

• 1586 Traicté des chiffres ou secrètes manières d'escrire ("Treatise on Ciphers or Secret Ways of Writing").

Sources

• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Vigenère cipher