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

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.

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 ...

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 an English mathematician, wartime code-breaker and pioneer of computer science. ... In 1952, Turing was arrested and tried for homosexuality, then a criminal offence.

A trove of forgotten papers penned by famed World War II codebreaker Alan Turing has sold for the record-setting price of ...

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 ...

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.