Peter Elias (November 23, 1923 – December 7, 2001[1]) was a pioneer in the field of information theory.
Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, he was a member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty from 1953 to 1991.
His students included Elwyn Berlekamp and he was a colleague of Claude Shannon.
His mother Anna Elias (née Wahrhaftig) was born on April 19, 1897, in New York City.
[6] His father Nathaniel Mendel Elias,[7] born on February 21, 1895,[8] worked for Thomas Edison in his Edison, New Jersey, laboratory after graduating from Columbia University with a degree in chemical engineering.