Alan Turing
Known for
Acting
Born
June 23, 1912
Birthplace
Maida Vale, London, England, UK
Died
June 7, 1954 (aged 41)
Biography
Alan Mathison Turing OBE FRS (1912–1954) was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, and theoretical biologist. Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine, which can be considered a model of a general-purpose computer. He is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.
Best known work
The Man Who Cracked the Nazi Code: The Story of Alan Turing
2014Filmography
2014
The Man Who Cracked the Nazi Code: The Story of Alan Turingas Self (archive footage)