Alan Turing
23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954
English mathematician, computer scientist, logician and cryptanalyst. He was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, formalising the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine, and played a crucial role in breaking German ciphers during the Second World War.
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Education
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PhD at Princeton University
September 1936 – June 1938
Doctoral study under Alonzo Church.
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Published "On Computable Numbers"
November 1936
Introduced the concept of the Turing machine, a foundation of theoretical computer science.
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Joined the codebreakers at Bletchley Park
4 September 1939
Reported to the Government Code and Cypher School the day after Britain declared war on Germany.
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Career
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Published "Computing Machinery and Intelligence"
October 1950
Proposed what became known as the Turing test.
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