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Robert Morris, Sr.

IRL Name: 
Robert H. Morris
Biography: 

He wrote the math library, the program "crypt", and the password encryption used for user authentication for the early versions of UNIX.

Facts

Father to Robert Tappan Morris

Wrote the "crypt" program for early versions of UNIX

Rumors

Punched a whale... right in the face.

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_H._Morris_%28cryptographer%29