Alan Turing

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Biography: Alan Mathison Turing OBE FRS (1912–1954) was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, and theoretical biologist. Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine, which can be considered a model of a general-purpose computer. He is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.

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Place of Birth: Maida Vale, London, England, UK

Birthday: June 23, 1912

Deathday: June 07, 1954

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Gender: Male

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