Person: Sverdrup, Erling

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Erling Sverdrup was a Norwegian statistician and actuarial mathematician. He played a major role in the Norwegian cryptography unit during World War II.

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Born 23 February 1917, Bergen, Norway. Died 15 March 1994.

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Origin Norway


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  1. O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive