#person - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Kent) - **Sherman Kent** (December 6, 1903 – March 11, 1986), was a [Yale University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_University "Yale University") history professor who, during [World War II](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II "World War II") and through 17 years of [Cold War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War "Cold War")-era service in the [Central Intelligence Agency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency "Central Intelligence Agency"), pioneered many of the methods of [intelligence analysis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_analysis "Intelligence analysis"). He is often described as "the father of intelligence analysis".