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Alan Turing

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  • Born in Maida Vale, London, England

    Born in Maida Vale, London, England

  • Sherborne School

  • Hazelhurst Preparatory School

  • First true love passed away

    First true love passed away

  • Started University of Cambridge

    Started University of Cambridge

  • Graduated Cambridge

  • Entscheidungsproblem

    Entscheidungsproblem

  • Turing Machine invented

    Turing Machine invented

  • Returned to his fellowship at Cambridge

  • Completes PhD at Princeton

    Completes PhD at Princeton

  • Works at Bletchley Park using The Bomba to decipher German Codes

    Works at Bletchley Park using The Bomba to decipher German Codes

  • Published “Computing Machinery and Intelligence”

    Published “Computing Machinery and Intelligence”

  • Suggested the Turing Test as a criteria to determine if a computer is intelligent

    Suggested the Turing Test as a criteria to determine if a computer is intelligent

  • Elected a fellow of the Royal Society of London

  • Started working on artificial life

    Started working on artificial life

  • Convicted of gross indecency

    Convicted of gross indecency

  • Published “The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis”

  • Died by cyanide, ruled out to be suicide

    Died by cyanide, ruled out to be suicide

  • Term “Turing Machine” is coined

  • British Prime Minister Gordon Brown publicly apologized for Turing’s “utterly unfair” treatment

    British Prime Minister Gordon Brown publicly apologized for Turing’s “utterly unfair” treatment

  • Queen Elizabeth II granted Turing a royal pardon

    Queen Elizabeth II granted Turing a royal pardon