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Alan Turing
Alan Turing was born June 23rd, 1912 in Maida Vale, London, United Kingdom. -
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Alan Turing
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School
Alan attended St. Michael's day school in Hastings but did not do well and was then sent to Hazelhurst Prep School. -
Sherbone
Alan attends Sherbone which is an all boys school. Alan became interested in Science and Mathematics. -
College
Alan becomes an undergraduate at King's College, Cambridge to study Mathematics and was very successful. He graduated in 1934. -
1st Accomplishment
Alan was elected Fellow of King's college at age 23. -
Princeton
Alan goes to Princeton University to study Mathematics and is awarded a PhD. -
Bombe
Alan is asked to join the Government Codes and Cipher school where he develops the Bombe, which is a device for decrypting the messages sent by the Germans using their Enigma machine. -
Job Offer
Alan is asked to work as a top level intelligence like with USA. -
OBE
At the end of the war, Alan is awarded the OBE for his time serving in the war. -
NPL
Alan joins the National Physical Laboratory, in Teddington and publishes a paper with the first detailed design of a stored-program computer. -
Turing Test
Alan publishes "Computing Machinery and intelligence" in which he develops the Turing Test, which is an attempt to define a standard for a machine to be called intelligent. -
FRS
During this year Alan is elected fellow of the Royal Society FRS and also gives a talk about Artificial intelligence on the BBC radio's Third Programme. -
Arrested
Alan gets arrested for gross indecency and loses his security clearance. He is offered chemical treatment as an alternative to imprisonment. The hormone treatment has a very detrimental effect on him. -
The death of Alan Turing
Alan Turing dies. -
cause of death
Alan is found dead in his home. The cause of death was a poisoned apple that was found half eaten beside his body.
