Alan Turing

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artificial intelligence pioneer computer scientist cryptanalyst human logician mathematician

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.

Aliases (4)

Alan Mathison Turing ×1
Alan Turing (attended briefly as a day boy)? ×1
Turing ×1
Turing 1952 ×1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
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 → Smith’s Prize →
birthDate	1912-06-23 →
birthPlace	Maida Vale, London, England →
causeOfDeath	cyanide poisoning →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
deathDate	1954-06-07 →
deathPlace	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	Turing →
fieldOfWork	artificial intelligence → cryptanalysis → mathematical biology → mathematical logic → mathematics → theoretical computer science →
fullName	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 → The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis →
positionHeld	Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge →
posthumousPardonGrantedBy	Queen Elizabeth II →
posthumousPardonYear	2013 →
sexualOrientation	homosexual →
subjectOf	film The Imitation Game → numerous biographies →
workLocation	Bletchley Park → Manchester, England →

Referenced by (38)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
David Deutsch → Douglas Hofstadter → Martin Davis → Marvin Minsky → Shane Legg →	influencedBy
Alan Turing law → Church–Turing thesis → Turing Award → Turing machine → Turing test →	namedAfter
Computing Machinery and Intelligence → On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem → The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis →	author
Humboldt University of Berlin → Sherborne School →	hasNotableAlumni
Alonzo Church → Kurt Gödel →	influenced
Franklin Medal → Medal for Merit →	notableRecipient
Church–Turing thesis →	associatedWith
The Imitation Game →	characterPortrayed
Turing test →	creator
Bletchley Park →	employed
Government Code and Cypher School →	employer
Alan Turing ("Turing") →	familyName
Alan Turing ("Alan Mathison Turing") →	fullName
The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis ("Turing 1952") →	hasAbbreviation
Shrewsbury School ("Alan Turing (attended briefly as a day boy)?") →	hasAlumni
University of Cambridge →	hasAlumnus
Princeton University Department of Mathematics →	hasNotableAlumnus
Alan →	hasNotableBearer
George Dyson →	hasWrittenAbout
The Imitation Game →	mainSubject
Entscheidungsproblem →	negativeAnswerGivenBy
Ferranti Mark I →	notablePersonAssociated
Alonzo Church →	notableStudent
Benedict Cumberbatch →	portrayed
Entscheidungsproblem →	solvedBy