Posthumous pardon for Alan Turing over "gay activity" conviction

23 December 2013

Posthumous pardon for Alan Turing over "gay activity" conviction
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Alan Turing took his own life in 1954, just before his 42nd birthday

Francis Elliott Political Editor

Alan Turing, the mathematician who helped to crack the Enigma code but who 
took his own life after a conviction for "homosexual activity", has been 
given a posthumous pardon.

The official Government announcement marks the successful end of a 
campaign to restore the honour of a brilliant scientist and war hero.

Dr Turing's code-breaking work at Bletchley Park during the Second World 
War saved thousands of lives and helped to lay the foundations for modern 
computing.

Six years later he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in recognition 
of the work that he had carried out..../snip/


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/10536246/Alan-Turing-granted-Royal-pardon-by-the-Queen.html

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http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02427/alanTuring3_2427431b.jpg

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/alan-turing-gets-his-royal-pardon-for-gross-indecency--61-years-after-he-poisoned-himself-9023116.html

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/politics/article3957457.ece