Alan Turing
"Code-breaker" By Alex Ward
facts
- Full name: Alan Mathison Turing
- Date of birth: 23 june 1912
- Died: 7th june 1954 aged 41.
- Famous for: making the world's first computer, " The Bomb". Shortened the war by two years by cracking "The Enigma Code"
- Alan Turing was gay, in these times this was illegal, he was later castrated even after the lives he'd saved.
- In 1954 he sadly committed suicide by by biting into an apple laced with cyanide.
Film
To commemorate the life of Alan Turing Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightly have starred in the new film "The Imitation Game" all about Alan Turing cracking the enigma code. Above is the trailer of this new film.
The Imitation Game Official Trailer #1 (2014) - Benedict Cumberbatch Movie HD