𝘈𝘯 𝘐𝘤𝘰𝘯 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸 [Alan Turing]

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            Alan Turing , in full Alan Mathison

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Turing, (born June 23, 1912, London,

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀England—died June 7, 1954, Wilmslow,

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Cheshire), British mathematician and

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀logician, who made major contributions

⠀⠀⠀⠀ to mathematics, cryptanalysis, logic,

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀philosophy, and mathematical biology

⠀⠀⠀⠀ and also to the new areas later named

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀computer science, cognitive science,

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀artificial intelligence, and artificial life.

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Turing was prosecuted in 1952 for homosexual acts; the Labouchere Amendment of 1885 had mandated that “gross indecency” was a criminal offence in the UK. He accepted chemical castration treatment, with DES, as an alternative to prison. Turing died in 1954, 16 days before his 42nd birthday, from cyanide poisoning. An inquest determined his death as a suicide, but it has been noted that the known evidence is also consistent with accidental poisoning.

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In 2009, following an Internet campaign, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made an official public apology on behalf of the British government for “the appalling way he was treated”. Queen Elizabeth II granted Turing a posthumous pardon in 2013. The “Alan Turing law” is now an informal term for a 2017 law in the United Kingdom that retroactively pardoned men cautioned or convicted under historical legislation that outlawed homosexual acts.

𝙎𝙐𝙈𝙈𝘼𝙍𝙔 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝘼𝘾𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙋𝙇𝙄𝙎𝙃𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙎⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Alan Turing was a mathematician who is often credited with creating the foundation of artificial intelligence and computer science. He also played a major role in World War II, helping break several German codes.

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