Alan Turing

English computer scientist (1912–1954).

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Alan Turing was an English computer scientist. Born on 23 June 1912 in Maida Vale, Turing died on 7 June 1954 in Wilmslow at the age of 41.

Notable works include On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem, Computing Machinery and Intelligence and Intelligent Machinery. Turing studied at Hazlehurst Community Primary School and Sherborne School. Honours include Smith's Prize, Officer of the Order of the British Empire and Fellow of the Royal Society.

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