Alan Turing, English Mathematician

Alan Mathison Turing (June 23, 1912 - June 7, 1954) was an English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist. During WWII, he worked for the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, Britain's codebreaking center. His pivotal role in cracking intercepted coded messages enabled the Allies to defeat the Nazis in many crucial engagements. Turing was prosecuted in 1952 for homosexual acts, when such behavior was still criminalized in the UK. He accepted treatment with estrogen injections (chemical castration) as an alternative to prison. He is widely considered to be the father of computer science and artificial intelligence

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