Auguste Kerckhoffs

Auguste Kerckhoffs
Born
Jean Guillaume Auguste Victor François Hubert Kerckhoffs

(1835-01-19)19 January 1835
Nuth, Netherlands
Died9 August 1903(1903-08-09) (aged 68)
Paris, France
Alma materUniversity of Liège
Known forKerckhoffs's principle
Scientific career
FieldsCryptography, linguistics
InstitutionsHEC Paris

Auguste Kerckhoffs (19 January 1835 – 9 August 1903) was a Dutch linguist and cryptographer in the late 19th century.