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Queen Pardons Gay WWII Codebreaker

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Dec

2013

Alan Turing, widely hailed as the father of modern computing, helped the Allies win World War II by cracking Nazi Germany’s Enigma code—but after the war, Britain repaid him by persecuting him for his homosexuality, leading to a conviction for gross indecency in 1952, followed by chemical castration and…

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UK pardons computing pioneer Alan Turing

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Dec

2013

Campaigners have spent years demanding that the UK exonerate computing legend Alan Turing, and theyre finally getting their wish. Queen Elizabeth II has just used her royal prerogative to pardon Turing, 61 years after an indecency conviction that many now see as unjust. The criminal charge shouldnt overshadow Turings vital cryptoanalysis work during World War […]

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Father of computer science Alan Turing issued royal pardon 59 years after his death

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Dec

2013

British mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing was convicted of gross indecency in 1952, before being sentenced to chemical castration. Turing — who was instrumental in cracking the Nazi Enigma code during World War II and designed ACE, one of the worlds first stored-program computers — received the conviction for his homosexuality, and underwent a series of […]

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