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Life of Alan Turing

• Announcement of death

1. The deceased’s full name (may include middle, maiden or nickname): Alan Mattison
Turing OBE FRS
2. Age: 42 years old
3. Location of residence: Wislow District
4. Location of death: London, United Kingdom
5. Cause of death: Committing Suicide by eating

• Important details and life events

1. Date and place of birth: Paddington London, 23 June 1912


2. Date of marriage and spouse’s name: Unmarried
3. Hometown and other location lived: Alan turing spent much of his early life
separated from his parents, as his father worked in the British administration
of India. At 13 years old, he was sent to Sherborne School, a large boarding
school in Dorset. Turing spent his life in Cambridge as he won a scholarship to
King’s College, Cambridge. Moreover, he also spent his life to continue his PhD
in Princeton University in New Jersey, USA.
4. Schools and degrees earned:
- King’s College, Cambridge University (BA, MA) on Mathematics
- Princeton University (PhD) on Mathematics
5. Employer names:
- Works for Communication Department of Great Britain for breaking the
Enigma code during World War II (1939-1945)
- Works for Artificial Intelligence Development in Cambridge University
(1947)
- Works for Automatic Digital Machine Development in National Physical
Laboratory
- Works for Manchester Operation Automatic Digital Machine in University
of Manchester
6. Military Service and rank: Alan Turing does not have military service and rank
but he works for British government to breaking the Enigma code. Enigma is
the machine which was used by Germans to encipher all its military and naval
signals by breaking this code British government are capable to beat the
military and naval signals of Germans Army.
7. Hobbies and interests: Develop scientific project
8. Place of worship: Unreligious Person
9. Membership or Organization: Government Codes and Cypher School, a british
code-breaking organisation (now GCHQ).

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