Posted on Apr 18, 2021
Britain Unveils 50 Bill Honoring Alan Turing, Famed Code Breaker
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The mathematician Alan Turing spent World War II cracking German codes, and is credited by many historians with helping to hasten the end of the conflict. But a conviction under Victorian indecency laws for his homosexuality left his postwar life in ruins.
On Thursday, the Bank of England unveiled a bill featuring Mr. Turing, one of a series of efforts by Britain in recent years to posthumously right some of the wrongs inflicted on Mr. Turing during his lifetime.
Mr. Turing’s scientific contributions embodied “the spirit of the nation” and “showed us the way to the future,” said Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, as he introduced the bill. “By placing him on this new £50 bank note, we celebrate him for his achievements and the values he symbolizes, for which we can all be very proud.”
The mathematician Alan Turing spent World War II cracking German codes, and is credited by many historians with helping to hasten the end of the conflict. But a conviction under Victorian indecency laws for his homosexuality left his postwar life in ruins.
On Thursday, the Bank of England unveiled a bill featuring Mr. Turing, one of a series of efforts by Britain in recent years to posthumously right some of the wrongs inflicted on Mr. Turing during his lifetime.
Mr. Turing’s scientific contributions embodied “the spirit of the nation” and “showed us the way to the future,” said Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, as he introduced the bill. “By placing him on this new £50 bank note, we celebrate him for his achievements and the values he symbolizes, for which we can all be very proud.”
Britain Unveils 50 Bill Honoring Alan Turing, Famed Code Breaker
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Quite an honor for someone who was castigated during his lifetime.
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SGT (Join to see) - Once they cracked the code, the British knew where all the U-boats were. They intercepted them in a way that the Germans did not suspect the British and Americans knew they were compromised.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SGT (Join to see) - I saw the Movie Courtesy of 2 WWII Era Ladies that took Me as their Guest to see the Movie.
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Brilliant mathematician. Cracking the code without him would have been nearly impossible and taken much longer
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