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Arthur Scherbius

Arthur Scherbius
Arthur Scherbius, German electrical engineer, invented the Enigma machine (d. 1929)

Arthur Scherbius was a German electrical engineer who invented the mechanical cipher Enigma machine. He patented the invention and later sold the machine under the brand name Enigma.

30 October 1878

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