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The Mancunian Way: A tribute to Turing
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by BETH ABBIT - Thurs June 23, 2022
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It would have been Alan Turing’s 110th birthday today. The pioneering computer scientist was the father of modern computing and broke the Enigma code during the Second World War. He later joined staff at the University of Manchester and helped design and develop some of the world's first stored program computers.
But despite being a national hero, he was treated appallingly during his lifetime. In 1952, Turing was prosecuted for 'indecency' over his relationship with another man and given the choice between imprisonment or undergoing hormone treatment known as 'chemical castration'. He took the later option and took his own life two years later.
He was pardoned by the Queen in 2013 - something Didsbury West councillor John Leech had long campaigned for, slating the conviction as ‘a national embarrassment’.
Today a new £50 note baring the mathematician’s image will go into circulation. Jeremy Fleming, director of the GCHQ cyber and intelligence agency, says becoming the first gay man to appear on a banknote confirms Turing's status as 'one of the most iconic LGBT+ figures in the world'.
"Turing was embraced for his brilliance and persecuted for being gay. His legacy is a reminder of the value of embracing all aspects of diversity, but also the work we still need to do to become truly inclusive," he said.
When George Osborne made his 'Northern Powerhouse' speech in Manchester, he proposed Northern cities could ‘take on the world’ with a
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