Alan Turing

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Computer scientist · United Kingdom

Date of birth: June 23, 1912
Died on June 7, 1954: Died at the age of 41; Would have turned 114 today

English computer scientist (1912–1954)

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Alan Turing was a computer scientist (United Kingdom). Alan Turing was born on June 23, 1912 in Maida Vale. Among other things, Alan Turing was known for Royal Society of London, non-deterministic Turing machine, and probabilistic Turing machine.

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Work by Alan Turing

Title	Year
non-deterministic Turing machine	–
probabilistic Turing machine	–
Delilah project	–
Turing degree	–
Turing machine	–
Turing test	–
Turing completeness	–
On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem	–
Intelligent Machinery	–
universal Turing machine	–
Church–Turing thesis	–
Bombe	–
halting problem	–
Symmetric Turing machine	–
Computing Machinery and Intelligence	–

Facts about Alan

Born: June 23, 1912 in Maida Vale
Died: June 7, 1954
Nationality: United Kingdom
Occupations: Computer scientist, Marathon runner, Statistician, University teacher, and Mathematician
Sport: athletics
Languages: English
Education: Princeton University and King's College
Fame: Wikipedia articles in 164 languages

Birthday

Date of birth: June 23, 1912
Born on a: Sunday
Zodiac sign: Cancer

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What makes Alan Turing unique

Generation: Greatest Generation
In memory: Died at the age of 41
Today: Would have turned 114 today

First award in 1936, the year Alan Turing turned 24.

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Awards

Award	Year
Smith's Prize	1936
Officer of the Order of the British Empire	1946
Fellow of the Royal Society	1951
Order of the British Empire	–

Groups

Name	From	To
Royal Society of London	–	–

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