Alan Turing: The Father of Modern Computing 💻

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Source/Further reading:

(Some good podcast episodes to start you off):
https://theywalkamonguspodcast.com/new-episodes/2018/2/28/season-2-episode-19
https://theywalkamonguspodcast.com/new-episodes/2018/3/7/season-2-episode-20
Full bio: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alan-Turing
On Christopher Morcom and cyanide suicide: https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/the-spirit-of-alan-turing/
History of the Enigma Machine: https://www.cryptomuseum.com/crypto/enigma/hist.htm
Christopher Morcom: https://www.turing.org.uk/scrapbook/spirit.html
Joan Clarke: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29840653
Hut 8: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/how-alan-turing-cracked-the-enigma-code
Turing’s letters on his sexuality: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/aug/23/alan-turing-letters-reveal-battle-sexuality
Julius Turing in India: https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/up-front/story/20120813-father-of-the-computer-alan-turing-has-a-strong-indian-connect-759313-1999-11-30
Pilot ACE: https://www.i-programmer.info/history/9-machines/11-an-ace-of-a-machine.html
Turing Pardon: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-25495315
Turing Law: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/31/uk-issues-posthumous-pardons-thousands-gay-men-alan-turing-law