{"id":340,"date":"2015-06-07T16:08:05","date_gmt":"2015-06-07T16:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/?p=340"},"modified":"2026-06-24T05:46:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T05:46:23","slug":"june-7th-1954-alan-turing-dies-on-this-day-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/?p=340","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-340 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/?attachment_id=341'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tumblr_nphuc6iIaK1r65o3qo1_500-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-341\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-341'>\n\t\t\t\tAlan Turing (1912 &#8211; 1954)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/?attachment_id=342'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tumblr_nphuc6iIaK1r65o3qo2_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-342\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-342'>\n\t\t\t\tAn early computer, owing to Turing&#8217;s designs\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/todayinhistory.tumblr.com\/post\/120929137025\/june-7th-1954-alan-turing-dies-on-this-day-in\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">todayinhistory<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2><b>June 7th 1954: Alan Turing dies<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><small>On this day in 1954, the British mathematician and scientist<br \/>\nAlan Turing died. Turing is considered the father of computer science<br \/>\nand artificial intelligence with his invention of the \u2018Turing machine\u2019 &#8211; a precursor to the modern computer. He was also a crucial part of<br \/>\nEngland\u2019s code breaking team at Bletchley Park during World War Two, developing ways to<br \/>\ninterpret German messages from the Enigma machine. The work of Turing and his fellow code breakers was a great boost to the Allied war effort, supposedly shortening the war by as many as two to four years. However, in 1952 he was<br \/>\narrested for homosexuality &#8211; which was still illegal in Britain &#8211;<br \/>\nand accepted chemical castration rather than prison. Turing suffered<br \/>\nside effects from the treatment and two years later died from cyanide<br \/>\npoisoning, supposedly from an apple found by his bed. Whilst some claim<br \/>\nit was accidental, an inquest determined Turing had committed suicide<br \/>\ndue to the persecution he suffered. In 2009, following a popular online<br \/>\npetition, Prime Minister Gordon Brown issued a posthumous apology to<br \/>\nAlan Turing.<\/small><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b><i>\u201cWe\u2019re sorry, you deserved so much better\u201d<br \/><\/i><\/b><small>&#8211; Gordon Brown, 2009<\/small><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>todayinhistory: June 7th 1954: Alan Turing dies On this day in 1954, the British mathematician and scientist Alan Turing died. Turing is considered the father of computer science and artificial intelligence with his invention of the \u2018Turing machine\u2019 &#8211; a precursor to the modern computer. 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