
Alan Turing
Alan Mathison Turing was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, and theoretical biologist. Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalisation... Wikipedia
- Born: Alan Mathison Turing, June 23, 1912, Maida Vale, London, England
- Died: June 7, 1954, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England, Cyanide poisoning
- Resting place: Ashes scattered in gardens of Woking Crematorium
- Fields: Logic, Mathematics, Cryptanalysis, Computer science, Mathematical and theoretical biology
- Institutions: University of Manchester, Government Code and Cypher School, National Physical Laboratory
- Education: Sherborne School
- Alma mater: University of Cambridge (BA, MA), Princeton University (PhD)
- Thesis: Systems of Logic Based on Ordinals (1938)
- Doctoral students: Robin Gandy, Beatrice Worsley
- Known for: Cryptanalysis of the Enigma, Turing's proof, Turing machine, Turing test, Unorganised machine, Turing pattern, Turing reduction, "The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis"
- Influences: Max Newman
- Notable awards: Smith's Prize (1936)
- Partner: Joan Clarke, (engaged in 1941, did not marry)
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