Alan Turing aged 16 Credit: King's College
Saturday 23 June marks the centenary of the birth of Alan Turing - mathematical genius, hero of the WWII code breakers of Bletchley Park, and father of modern computing. To celebrate, a short film produced by the University. A blue plaque will be unveiled on the front of King's College - where Turing was both a student and then a fellow. Turing's centenary year is a very special year for me, and other mathematicians like me." - —James Grime Alan Turing was a mathematician, cryptographer and pioneer of computer science who possessed one of the greatest brains of the 20th century. His life was one of secret triumphs shadowed by public tragedy. Perhaps best known today for his part in breaking the German Enigma code during World War II, Turing was by that time already established as a mathematician of extraordinary capability. During his time at King's College, Cambridge, he conceived of the 'Turing Machine' - a universal machine which could imitate all possible calculating devices.
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