Timeline: The Life and Work of Alan Turing

Jun 23, 1912

The Birth of Alan Turing

Alan Turing was born on June 26, 1912 in Maida Vale, London, United Kingdom. Ethel Sara Stoney and Julius Mathison Turing gave birth to Alan.

1927

Intrest in Albert Einstein

Turing becomes deeply invested in Einstein's work, especially Newton's Laws of Motion.

1936

Turing Machine

The seminar paper was then able to explain to the public how a machine could be able to figure out any problem through the process of encoding.

1936

Published a Seminal Paper

In 1936, Turing presented to the public his seminal paper "On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem", which discussed theories on current computer science.

1938

Receives PhD Princeton University

In 1938, Turing finished up his final years of school to further his passion in science and mathematics as he received his PhD from Princeton University.

1939

The Bombe

During World War II Turing helped develop the bombe which was a machine that helped break codes that the Germans would make.

1941

Turing's Engagement

In 1941 Turing proposed to Joan Clarke who was also his colleague and a fellow mathematician. Their engagement did not last long as he proclaimed he was a homosexual.

1942

German Naval Enigma

Turing went to the United States in Dayton, Ohio where he goes to the Computing Machine Laboratory to continue to break even more German Navel Enigma codes.

1945

Order of the British Empire

Turing was awarded the Order of the British empire by the queen of England for making such a huge impact on World War II for the British Empire.

1950

Turing Test

The Turing Test is a test that is able to conclude how much a machine can demonstrate behaviors like a human. The machine will only pass the Turing Test if the evaluator is convinced that it displays human behaviors.