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Birth
Alan Mathison Turing was born in Maida Vale, London. -
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Alan Turing's life
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School
At the age of 14, Turing went on to Sherborne School, a boarding independent school in the market town of Sherborne in Dorset. -
University
Turing attened 'King's College', at the 'University of Cambridge', graduating in mathematics three years later. After that, he pursued a fellowship from 'King's College' in 1935, during which he published the paper, 'On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem'. -
Career
Turing took up a part-time job at the 'Government Code and Cypher School' ('GC&CS'), an organization that specialized in breaking war codes. The young mathematician was appointed to break the codes sent by German officials, during World War II, through the radio machine, 'Enigma'. -
Bombe
First bombe began functioning in Bletchley Park. It was built to electrically arrive at logical conclusions about what the Enigma indicators meant -
Artificial Intelligence
Turing first addressed the issue of Artificial intelligence in his famous paper "Computing Machinery and Intelligence". In it, he devised what he called the 'Imitation Game' (the ‘Turing Test’), a method to determine whether a machine showing behaviour can be called ‘intelligent’. The test has significantly influenced research on AI. -
Convictions
Turing reported a burglary to the police, where it emerged that the perpetrator Arnold Murray was in a sexual relationship with him. As a result of anti-homosexuality laws in the UK in the 1950s, Alan was charged with gross indecency.He avoided prison by accepting chemical castration. -
Death
On June 8, 1954, Alan was found poisoned at home, and after the autopsy, it was concluded that he had taken his own life by consuming large quantities of potassium cyanide.When his body was discovered, an apple lay half-eaten besides his bed. -
Movie
"The Imitation Game" came out, showcasing the whole life of Alan Turing.
