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UK: Treatment of (gay) genius mathematician Alan Turing "appalling"

Posted by Xeni Jardin, September 10, 2009 5:05 PM | permalink

At long last:

The Prime Minister has released a statement on the Second World War code-breaker, Alan Turing, recognising the 'appalling' way he was treated for being gay. Alan Turing, a mathematician most famous for his work on breaking the German Enigma codes, was convicted of 'gross indecency' in 1952 and sentenced to chemical castration.

Treatment of Alan Turing was "appalling" - PM (number10.gov.uk)

Turing did a ton of mathematical brilliance which helped win WWII, and set the foundation for the modern computer. Without him, we'd be speaking German, and have no internet. And yet, when he was outed as gay, was convicted of a crime and sentenced to chemical castration. Horrible way to treat a hero.