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12-23-13, 09:45 PM
Britain pardons gay 'father of computing' Alan Turing
Dec. 23, 2013
http://news.yahoo.com/britain-pardons-gay-39-father-computing-39-alan-000750800.html
London (AFP) - Britain on Tuesday granted a posthumous pardon to Alan Turing, the World War II code-breaking hero who committed suicide after he was convicted of the then crime of homosexuality.
Turing is often hailed as a father of modern computing and he played a pivotal role in breaking Germany's "Enigma" code, an effort that some historians say brought an early end to World War II.
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Dec. 23, 2013
http://news.yahoo.com/britain-pardons-gay-39-father-computing-39-alan-000750800.html
London (AFP) - Britain on Tuesday granted a posthumous pardon to Alan Turing, the World War II code-breaking hero who committed suicide after he was convicted of the then crime of homosexuality.
Turing is often hailed as a father of modern computing and he played a pivotal role in breaking Germany's "Enigma" code, an effort that some historians say brought an early end to World War II.
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