Alan Turing

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  • Alan Turing Born

    Alan Turing Born

  • Went to Sherborne School

    Went to Sherborne School

    Admitted to 6th form where he met his best friend and first love Christopher Morcom
  • Best friend Christopher's death

    Best friend Christopher's death

  • Attended University

    Attended University

    Kings College, Cambridge
  • Published ground-breaking paper

    Published ground-breaking paper

    Around the same time he conceived of the Turing and Universal Machines
  • Began work at Bletchley Park

    Began work at Bletchley Park

    Alan was approached to work on codebreaking for the British government war effort
  • The Bombe created

    The Bombe created

    Alan and Gordon Welchman create the Bombe machine that decodes German messages created using the Enigma.
  • Began work for MI6

    Began work for MI6

    Alan acted as liaison between British and US cryptographers
  • Awarded an OBE for war-time work

    Awarded an OBE for war-time work

  • Proposed the concept of a Turing test.

    Proposed the concept of a Turing test.

    This test would define whether a computer could simulate interactions in a way that could fool a human into believing they were talking to another human
  • Arrested and found guilty of indecency

    Arrested and found guilty of indecency

  • Alan Turing death

    Alan Turing death

    Alan took his own life by eating a cyanide-laced apple.