Alan Turing
who was he
Alan Turing was a British mathematician, cryptographer, and computer scientist often credited as the founder of computer science.
Fact-file
born: June 23, 1912
death: June 7, 1954
what did he do: he was responsible for cracking the German Enigma cipher, a development that may have turned the tide of the war in favor of Great Britain
where did he work: he worked at the Indian Civil Service
what did he dream of: he dreamt of a device which could decode German codes