Arvid Gerhard Damm | |
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Born | 7 August 1869 |
Died | 7 November 1928 | (aged 59)
Nationality | Swedish |
Occupation(s) | Engineer, inventor |
Arvid Gerhard Damm (7 August 1869 – 7 November 1928) was a Swedish engineer and inventor. He designed a number of cipher machines, and was one of the early inventors of the wired rotor principle for machine encipherment. The company, AB Cryptograph, was an early predecessor of Crypto AG.