In 1952, Turing was prosecuted for homosexual acts. He accepted hormone treatment, a procedure commonly referred to as chemical castration, as an alternative to prison. Turing …

Jan 2, 2026 · Alan Turing was a British mathematician and logician, a major contributor to mathematics, cryptanalysis, computer science, and artificial intelligence. He invented the …

Alan Turing, a computer science pioneer and one of the secret code breakers working at Britain’s Bletchley Park during the World War II, killed himself by eating an apple containing cyanide.

May 30, 2024 · Turing, joined by other mathematicians at Bletchley Park, cracked the Enigma code quickly after he came to the organization.

On June 7, 1954 Turing probably committed suicide in Wilmslow, a town in Cheshire, England, by eating an apple laced with cyanide. He was only 42 years old.

Jun 26, 2012 · Alan Turing, the British mathematical genius and codebreaker, may not have committed suicide, as is widely believed, claims an academic.

Jun 1, 2022 · As the Turing Centre describes, the official verdict was that Turing had died from self-administered suicide cyanide poisoning, with a half-eaten apple sitting on his bedside …

Alan Mathison Turing was born June 23, 1912, in London and died June 7, 1954, at his home near Manchester. He suffered the conventional schooling of the English upper-middle class, …

The death of Alan Turing was officially ruled suicide by cyanide poisoning, but over the decades, the circumstances have sparked debate and alternative theories.

Jul 12, 2025 · Alan Turing, just 41 years old, was pronounced dead of cyanide poisoning. The official inquest ruled it as suicide—the coroner suggesting he’d deliberately laced the apple …