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William F. Friedman: Media

American cryptologist

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How William Friedman Tried to Prove That Francis Bacon Wrote Shakespeare's Plays
An introduction to William F. Friedman, the breaker of the Japanese Purple code in...
Video: Courtesy of Folger Shakespeare Library; CC-BY-SA 4.0 (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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William F. Friedman
National Security Agency/Central Security Service