Alan Turing

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Alan Turing was a pioneering British mathematician and logician whose foundational work in computing and codebreaking established him as one of the principal founders of computer science and artificial intelligence.

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instanceOf artificial intelligence pioneer
computer scientist
cryptanalyst
human
logician
mathematician
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts in mathematics
PhD in mathematics
awardReceived Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
surface form: Fellow of the Royal Society

Smith’s Prize
birthDate 1912-06-23
birthPlace Maida Vale, London, England
causeOfDeath cyanide poisoning
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1954-06-07
deathPlace Wilmslow
surface form: Wilmslow, Cheshire, England
doctoralAdvisor Alonzo Church
educatedAt King’s College, Cambridge
Princeton University
Sherborne School
employer Bletchley Park
Government Code and Cypher School
National Physical Laboratory
University of Manchester
familyName Alan Turing self-linksurface differs
surface form: Turing
fieldOfWork artificial intelligence
cryptanalysis
mathematical biology
mathematical logic
mathematics
theoretical computer science
fullName Alan Turing self-linksurface differs
surface form: Alan Mathison Turing
givenName Alan
hasInfluenced the development of modern computers
the field of artificial intelligence
the philosophy of mind
honouredIn Alan Turing law (UK informal term for pardons of men convicted under historical anti-homosexuality laws)
Turing Award
knownFor Turing machine
Turing test
Turing’s proof of the undecidability of the Entscheidungsproblem
Turing’s work on morphogenesis
Turing’s work on the Enigma cipher
codebreaking at Bletchley Park
foundations of computer science
memberOf King’s College, Cambridge
Royal Society
militaryConflict World War II
nationality British
notableWork Computing Machinery and Intelligence
On Computable Numbers with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem
surface form: On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem

The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis
positionHeld Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge
posthumousPardonGrantedBy Elizabeth II
surface form: Queen Elizabeth II
posthumousPardonYear 2013
sexualOrientation homosexual
subjectOf The Imitation Game
surface form: film The Imitation Game

numerous biographies
workLocation Bletchley Park
Manchester, United Kingdom
surface form: Manchester, England

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Turing machine namedAfter Alan Turing
Benedict Cumberbatch portrayed Alan Turing
Alan Turing fullName Alan Turing self-linksurface differs
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Alan Turing familyName Alan Turing self-linksurface differs
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On Computable Numbers with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem author Alan Turing
subject surface form: On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem
Franklin Medal notableRecipient Alan Turing
Marvin Minsky influencedBy Alan Turing
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Douglas Hofstadter influencedBy Alan Turing
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Malvern College hasAlumnus Alan Turing
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Hofstadter influencedBy Alan Turing
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The Mind’s I containsWorkBy Alan Turing
Ido Ostrowsky mainSubject Alan Turing
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Andrew Hodges mainSubject Alan Turing
subject surface form: Alan Turing: The Enigma
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