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Alan Turing

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ALAN TURING

BY: LUCKY KIRCHGESSNER

TIME PERIOD

  • Born- June 23, 1912, Maida Vale, London U.K.
  • Died- June 7, 1954, Wilmslow, U.K.

FAMILY

  • Dad died when he was 9
  • Mom died when she was 95
  • Had 1 brother

EDUCATION

  • WHEN ALAN WAS THIRTEEN YEARS OLD HIS PARENTS AND TEACHERS KNEW THAT HE HAD A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE
  • Attended Princeton University (1936-1938)

FAMOUS QUOTE & BOOK

  • "We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty that needs to be changed"
  • Book- he wrote a lot of books in free time but one of his most famous ones was mechanical intelligence.

RECGONITION

  • Shortly after WWII he was awarded an order of the British Empire for all of his hard work

ENIGMA CODE

  • Cracked the enigma code that Germany used during WWII

Contributions
He is called the father of modern computers and he cracked the enigma code.

WHO HE DATED

  • He was a gay person
  • He dated Arnold Murray

ANY OTHER EVENTS THAT OCCURRED

WORLD WAR 2 WAS ALSO GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME