Alan Turing
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Alan Mathison Turing. (1912 - 1954). English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist.
Noteworthy
- Turing Machine.
- Turing Test.
- Turing's Proof.
- Major contributor to effort to crack the encryption of German Enigma machines during World War II.
Controversies
- Arrested in 1952 for homosexual acts, semi-forced to endure chemical castration, subsequently committed suicide in 1954.
