Helmut Gröttrup
Helmut Gröttrup 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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Date of Birth
February 12nd, 1916
Age
110
Birth Place
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia
Date of Death
July 4th, 1981
Died Aged
65
Star Sign
Aquarius
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