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Born: Alan Mathison Turing(1912-06-23)23 June 1912Maida Vale, London, England
Died: 7 June 1954(1954-06-07) (aged 41)Wilmslow, Cheshire, England
Cause of death: Cyanide poisoning as an act of suicide[note 1]
Alma mater: University of Cambridge  (BA, MA)
Princeton University (PhD)
Known for: Cryptanalysis of the Enigma
Turing's proof
Turing machine
Turing test
unorganised machine
Turing pattern
Turing reduction
"The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis"
Turing paradox
Awards: Smith's Prize (1936)
Fields: Logic
mathematics
cryptanalysis
computer science
mathematical and theoretical biology
Institutions: University of Manchester
Government Code and Cypher School
National Physical Laboratory
Thesis: Systems of Logic Based on Ordinals (1938)
Doctoral advisor: Alonzo Church
Doctoral students: Robin Gandy
Beatrice Worsley
Summary:
Alan Mathison Turing (/ˈtjʊərɪŋ/; 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist. He was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine, which can be considered a model of a general-purpose computer. Turing is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science.
Born in London, Turing was raised in southern England. He graduated from King's College, Cambridge, and in 1938, earned a doctorate degree from Princeton University. During World War II, Turing worked for the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, Britain's codebreaking centre that produced Ultra intelligence. He led Hut 8, the section responsible for German naval cryptanalysis. Turing devised techniques for speeding the breaking of German ciphers, including improvements to the pre-war Polish bomba method, an electromechanical machine that could find settings for the Enigma machine. He played a crucial role in cracking intercepted messages that enabled the Allies to defeat the Axis powers in many engagements, including the Battle of the Atlantic.
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