Malcolm J. Williamson

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Malcolm J. Williamson discovered in 1974 what is now known as Diffie-Hellman key exchange. He was then working at GCHQ.

Williamson studied at Manchester Grammar School, winning a Gold prize at the 1968 International Mathematical Olympiad in Moscow. He read mathematics at the University of Cambridge, graduating in 1971. After a year at Liverpool University, he joined GCHQ, and worked there until 1982.

[edit] See also

• James H. Ellis
• Clifford Cocks