Webum > Science > Math > Logic and Foundations > History > People > Turing, Alan Mathison Turing Test@ See also Computers > History > Pioneers Computers > Programming > Languages > Turing Society > Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual > History > Historical Personas Society > Philosophy > Philosophy of Mind Alan Mathison Turing (1912-1954) British mathematician, cryptographer, and one of the key inventors of the modern computer. After his profound contributions to helping win World War II, he was persecuted for his homosexuality by his own government, and driven to suicide. Maintained by Turing biographer Andrew Hodges: extensive resources and links, online versions of several long essays on Turing. Alan M. Turing Entry from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Andrew Hodges. Alan Mathison Turing Undergraduate biographical essay by John M. Kowalik. Alan Turing Biographical entry in the FOLDOC. Alan Turing Encyclopedia biography from Wikipedia. Alan Turing Biography from the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Alan Turing Archive Archive and historical records pertaining to the work of computing pioneer Alan Turing. Alan Turing Papers Collection record of Turings papers at Kings College, Cambridge. Alan Turing: The Biography Project Biography, bibliography and links. On Computable Numbers with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem Turing's paper which discusses the halting problem in the context of Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem. HTML. The Church-Turing Thesis Article from the Stanford Encyclopedia. Turing Digital Archive Digital archive of items relating to Alan Turing. Turing Machine Article on Turing Machines from the Stanford Encyclopedia. Wired Archive: Alan Turing Stories involving Turing. Help build the biggest human edited directory on the internet Add your website - Open Directory Project - Become an editor