Joseph Mauborgne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph Mauborgne

United States general

Date of Birth: 26-Feb-1881

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Date of Death: 07-Jun-1971

Profession: mathematician, inventor, cryptographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Joseph Oswald Mauborgne (February 26, 1881 – June 7, 1971) co-invented the one-time pad with Gilbert Vernam of Bell Labs.
In 1914 he published the first recorded solution of the Playfair cipher.
Mauborgne became a Major General in the United States Army, and from October 1937 to his retirement in 1941 was the Army's 12th Chief Signal Officer, in command of the Signal Corps.