On June 7, 1954, aged 41, Alan Turing died by suicide. Some 13 years later, in 1967, came the partial decriminalisation of ...

The situation changed when Alan Turing fell in love with another able pupil, Christopher Morcom. He was inspired to communicate more and also to become an academic success. But Christopher died ...

This is a significant year in the legacy of the mathematician Alan Turing. Almost 70 years after his death, his face will appear on the new £50 note, marking his contribution to UK history.

Although she lived and worked during a time dominated by men, Ada left an unparalleled mark on the world of computer science, which went unrecognised until nearly a century after her death. Her work ...

Alan Mathison Turing (1912–1954) was a mathematician ... at a time when homosexuality was illegal in the UK. An inquest concluded his death from cyanide poisoning two years later was suicide. After a ...