The man whose codebreaking may have helped to shorten the Second World War by two years met a grim reward: in 1952 Alan Turing was convicted simply for being gay and chemically castrated; a royal pardon came only in 2013, decades after his death

By Space Daily Editorial Team

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More information about Alan Turing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing

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Photograph portrait of Alan Turing, taken on 29 March 1951. A black-and-white portrait photograph of Alan Turing, wearing a tweed jacket, striped shirt, and tie. He's looking slightly off to the side with a thoughtful expression.