Breaking the code: Local father and son team taking on cryptography worldwide
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Kevin and Gary Knight. (Photo by Gretchen Vollmer)
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Gary Knight of Wimberley and his son Kevin share an unusual hobby. Both Gary and Kevin have made great strides in the field of cryptography, though they both came to it independently.
Gary, an amateur cryptographer, deciphered the 1845 London Letters and several other ciphers, in addition to becoming the 36th person in the world to decipher all 10 of the Enigma Challenge ciphers. He is also an active member of the American Cryptogram Association (ACA).
In 2011 Kevin, a scientist of computational linguistics at Information Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California, headed a team and successfully deciphered the Copiale Papers, which dated back to the 18th century.
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