Given the question: What key details about clifford cocks can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: clifford christopher cocks cb frs -lrb- born 28 december 1950 -rrb- is a british mathematician and cryptographer at government communications headquarters -lrb- gchq -rrb- . he discovered the widely used encryption algorithm now commonly known as rsa , about three years before it was independently rediscovered by rivest , shamir , and adleman at mit . he has not been generally recognised for this achievement because his work was classified information , and therefore not released to the public at the time .
The answer is:
- known for is rsa encryption- fields is cryptography- birth date is 28 december 1950- name is clifford cocks- nationality is british- birth place is prestbury , cheshire , united kingdom