Author: Betsy Rohaly Smoot
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813182417
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"Success in dealing with unknown ciphers is measured by these four things in the order named: perseverance, careful methods of analysis, intuition, luck." So begins the first chapter of Colonel Parker Hitt's 1916 Manual for the Solution of Military Ciphers, a foundational text in the history of cryptology. An irrepressible innovator, Hitt possessed those qualities in abundance. His manual, cipher devices, and proactive mentorship of Army cryptology during World War I laid the groundwork for the modern American cryptologic system. Though he considered himself an infantryman, Hitt is best known as the "father of American military cryptology." In Parker Hitt: The Father of American Military Cryptology, Betsy Rohaly Smoot brings Hitt's legacy to life, chronicling his upbringing, multiple careers, ingenious mind, and independent spirit. In the 1910s, after a decade as an infantry officer, Hitt set his sights on aviation. Instead, he was drawn to the applied sciences, designing signal and machine-gun equipment while applying math to combat problems. Atypical for the time, Hitt championed women in the workplace. During World War I he suggested the Army employ American female telephone operators, while his wife, Genevieve Young Hitt, became the first woman to break ciphers for the United States government. His daughter, Mary Lue Hitt, carried on the family legacy as a "code girl" during World War II. Readers of Elizabeth Cobb's The Hello Girls, Liza Mundy's Code Girls, and David Kahn's The Codebreakers will find in Parker Hitt's story an insightful profile of an American cryptologic hero and the early twentieth-century military. Drawing from a never-before-seen cache of Hitt's letters, photographs, and diaries, Smoot introduces readers to Hitt's life on the front lines, in classrooms and workshops, and at home.
Parker Hitt
Author: Betsy Rohaly Smoot
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813182417
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"Success in dealing with unknown ciphers is measured by these four things in the order named: perseverance, careful methods of analysis, intuition, luck." So begins the first chapter of Colonel Parker Hitt's 1916 Manual for the Solution of Military Ciphers, a foundational text in the history of cryptology. An irrepressible innovator, Hitt possessed those qualities in abundance. His manual, cipher devices, and proactive mentorship of Army cryptology during World War I laid the groundwork for the modern American cryptologic system. Though he considered himself an infantryman, Hitt is best known as the "father of American military cryptology." In Parker Hitt: The Father of American Military Cryptology, Betsy Rohaly Smoot brings Hitt's legacy to life, chronicling his upbringing, multiple careers, ingenious mind, and independent spirit. In the 1910s, after a decade as an infantry officer, Hitt set his sights on aviation. Instead, he was drawn to the applied sciences, designing signal and machine-gun equipment while applying math to combat problems. Atypical for the time, Hitt championed women in the workplace. During World War I he suggested the Army employ American female telephone operators, while his wife, Genevieve Young Hitt, became the first woman to break ciphers for the United States government. His daughter, Mary Lue Hitt, carried on the family legacy as a "code girl" during World War II. Readers of Elizabeth Cobb's The Hello Girls, Liza Mundy's Code Girls, and David Kahn's The Codebreakers will find in Parker Hitt's story an insightful profile of an American cryptologic hero and the early twentieth-century military. Drawing from a never-before-seen cache of Hitt's letters, photographs, and diaries, Smoot introduces readers to Hitt's life on the front lines, in classrooms and workshops, and at home.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813182417
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"Success in dealing with unknown ciphers is measured by these four things in the order named: perseverance, careful methods of analysis, intuition, luck." So begins the first chapter of Colonel Parker Hitt's 1916 Manual for the Solution of Military Ciphers, a foundational text in the history of cryptology. An irrepressible innovator, Hitt possessed those qualities in abundance. His manual, cipher devices, and proactive mentorship of Army cryptology during World War I laid the groundwork for the modern American cryptologic system. Though he considered himself an infantryman, Hitt is best known as the "father of American military cryptology." In Parker Hitt: The Father of American Military Cryptology, Betsy Rohaly Smoot brings Hitt's legacy to life, chronicling his upbringing, multiple careers, ingenious mind, and independent spirit. In the 1910s, after a decade as an infantry officer, Hitt set his sights on aviation. Instead, he was drawn to the applied sciences, designing signal and machine-gun equipment while applying math to combat problems. Atypical for the time, Hitt championed women in the workplace. During World War I he suggested the Army employ American female telephone operators, while his wife, Genevieve Young Hitt, became the first woman to break ciphers for the United States government. His daughter, Mary Lue Hitt, carried on the family legacy as a "code girl" during World War II. Readers of Elizabeth Cobb's The Hello Girls, Liza Mundy's Code Girls, and David Kahn's The Codebreakers will find in Parker Hitt's story an insightful profile of an American cryptologic hero and the early twentieth-century military. Drawing from a never-before-seen cache of Hitt's letters, photographs, and diaries, Smoot introduces readers to Hitt's life on the front lines, in classrooms and workshops, and at home.
Robert Roberts Hitt (late a Representative from Illinois)
Robert Roberts Hitt (late a Representative from Illinois) Memorial Addresses. Fifty-ninth Congress, Second Session. House of Representative, February 17, 1907. Senate of the United States, February 23, 1907
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Reports Made to the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Illinois
Reports to the General Assembly of Illinois at Its ... Regular Session
Author: Illinois
Publisher:
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
Book Description
Benjamin Hitt and Nancy Curnal Hitt
Author: Beatrice Phillips Myers
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Descendants of Henry Hitt of Woodbury, CT Arriving in America 1665 to Include Thomas Hett of Massachusetts & Some Descendants of James Hitt of Rhode Island
Author: Maurice Raymond Hitt
Publisher: Windswept Books
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Thomas Hett was born 27 Dec 1611, in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England, the son of Thomas and Ann Searson Hett. He married Ann Needham in Boston and their children were Eliphalet, Thomas, Mehitable, Mary, Israel and Hannah. No other descendants are listed.
Publisher: Windswept Books
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Thomas Hett was born 27 Dec 1611, in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England, the son of Thomas and Ann Searson Hett. He married Ann Needham in Boston and their children were Eliphalet, Thomas, Mehitable, Mary, Israel and Hannah. No other descendants are listed.
Henry Hitt Crane, Preacher and Prophet
Author: James W. Bristah
Publisher:
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Category : Clergy
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Clergy
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
The American Reports
Author: Isaac Grant Thompson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 924
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 924
Book Description
Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Supreme Court of South Carolina
Author: South Carolina. Supreme Court
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description