1916 - 1981
Helmut Gröttrup German Inventor
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| First Name |
Helmut
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| Last Name |
Gröttrup
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| Birthday |
12th February, 1916
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| Birthplace |
Cologne, Germany
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| Died |
4th July, 1981
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| Place of Death |
Munich, Germany
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| Build |
Average
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| Eye Color |
Blue
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| Hair Color |
Salt and Pepper
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
German
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| Occupation Text |
Engineer and inventor of the smart card
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| Occupation |
Inventor
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Helmut Gröttrup (12 February 1916 – 4 July 1981) was a German engineer, rocket scientist and inventor of the smart card. During World War II, he worked in the German V-2 rocket program under Wernher von Braun. From 1946 to 1953 he headed a group of 170 German scientists who were forced to work for the Soviet rocketry program under Sergei Korolev. After returning to West Germany in December 1953, he developed data processing systems and contributed to early commercial applications of computer science. In 1967 Gröttrup invented the basic principles of the smart card as a forgery-proof "key" for secure identification and access control.
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