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Portrait of Alan Turing

1912/1954

Barbican Centre

Barbican Centre
London, United Kingdom

A portrait of Alan Turing, an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist and inventor of the Turing Machine which is widely considered to be the first computer as we know it today. During World War II, Alan Turing worked at Bletchley Park, Britain's codebreaking centre where he played an integral role cracking intercepted messages from the enemy which enabled the Allies to depeat the Nazis and ultimately helped end the war.

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Details

  • Title: Portrait of Alan Turing
  • Date: 1912/1954
  • Type: Photo
  • Rights: Alan Turing
  • Medium: Photography

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