R. V. L. Hartley References R. V. L. Hartley American engineer Ask Anything Homework Help Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of EncyclopĂŠdia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: information theory/ Historical backgroundAnother pioneer was Nyquistâs colleague R.V.L. Hartley, whose paper âTransmission of Informationâ (1928) established the first mathematical foundations for information theory. Read MoreAnother pioneer was Nyquistâs colleague R.V.L. Hartley, whose paper âTransmission of Informationâ (1928) established the first mathematical foundations for information theory. Read More