About Piotr Smoleński
Lived 1900 – 1942. Piotr Smoleński was a Polish mathematician and cryptographer.
Piotr Smoleński (died 9 January 1942) was a cryptologist in the Russian section (B.S.-3) of the interbellum Polish General Staff's Cipher Bureau.
With other cryptologists, including Jan Graliński, he died in the sinking of the passenger ship SS Lamoricière in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Who was Piotr Smoleński?
Polish cryptographer
When was Piotr Smoleński born?
Piotr Smoleński was born in 1900 in Russian Empire.
When did Piotr Smoleński die?
Piotr Smoleński died on 9 January 1942 in Mediterranean Sea.
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Piotr Smoleński was a mathematician and cryptographer.
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Piotr Smoleński was Polish.
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