Alan Turing, born on June 23, 1912, was a brilliant mathematician and codebreaker. He made significant contributions to ...

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The story of Alan Turing, father of modern computing. His journey as a young man and how he achieved what was thought at the ...

Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Alan Turing, a brilliant mathematician who changed the course of history, in "The Imitation Game." Jack English He cracked the code of a legendarily impenetrable ...

Many of the stories you can tell about Alan Turing—the mathematician who did so much for the Allies during the Second World War, ... In 1952, Turing was arrested for homosexual activities.

According to reporting from PBS NewsHour, Turing's death in 1954 came just two years following him being outed as gay. At the time, homosexuality was a crime: In 1952, [Turing] was arrested and ...

Alan Turing was the father of modern computing, helped the allies win World War II, and was gay — which led to his arrest, and chemical castration. David Leavitt, author of The Man Who Knew Too ...

In 1952, Turing was convicted of gross indecency after being arrested for having an affair with a 19-year-old Manchester man. The conviction meant he lost his security clearance and had to stop ...

Turing's reputation continued to suffer after his arrest and he was permanently disqualified from government code-breaking work. A year later, he committed suicide by taking a lethal dose of cyanide.

Turing was in fact initially arrested when he reported one of his lovers to the police for breaking into his house and burgling it. The police in turn found out about the sexual affair, and ...

Alan Turing's work on the Enigma code during WWII highlights his crucial role in history and technology. Subscribe ... Turing was arrested for being gay in January 1952.