Alan Mathison Turing
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Science, Technology, Inventions
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Mathematics, Mathematicians, World War II, Computers, Computer Science
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, British History
Article abstract: Through his research on computable functions and artificial intelligence, Turing prepared the foundation for modern computer science. His work during World War II breaking German codes for the British government was of major value to the Allied effort in Europe.
Early Life
Alan Mathison Turing was born June 23, 1912, in London, England. His mother, née Ethel Sara Stoney, and his father, Julius Mathison Turing, were both of middle-class, Protestant British families. Both Turing and his brother John were educated in British boarding...
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