Claude Elwood Shannon (1916 - 2001)
Claude
Elwood
Shannon
Born in Petoskey, Michigan, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Claude E Shannon Sr
and Mabel (Wolf) Shannon
Brother of
Catherine Shannon
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died in Medford, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Apr 2016
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Categories: Notables | Mathematicians | Stuart Ballantine Medal | IEEE Medal of Honor | National Medal of Science | Harvey Prize | Claude E. Shannon Award | Harold Pender Award | John Fritz Medal | Kyoto Prize | National Inventors Hall of Fame.
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Claude Shannon was awarded a National Medal of Science.
Biography
Notable awards
- Stuart Ballantine Medal (1955)
- IEEE Medal of Honor (1966)
- National Medal of Science (1966)
- Harvey Prize (1972)
- Claude E. Shannon Award (1972)
- Harold Pender Award (1978)
- John Fritz Medal (1983)
- Kyoto Prize (1985)
- National Inventors Hall of Fame (2004)
His father, Claude, Sr. (1862–1934), a descendant of early settlers of New Jersey, was a self-made businessman, and for a while, a Judge of Probate. Shannon's mother was Mabel Wolf Shannon (1890–1945)
Sources
- "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQ1B-1J4 : accessed 30 April 2016), Claude E Shannon in entry for Claude E Shannon, 1930.
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