Alan Turing On £50 Bank Note

[johninderby]

Computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing will feature on the new design of the Bank of England's £50 note. Long overdue recognition. 

 

Edited July 15, 2019 by johninderby

[Saganite]

23 minutes ago, johninderby said:

Computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing will feature on the new design of the Bank of England's £50 note. Long overdue recognition. 

 

Long ,long overdue indeed John...

[barkis]

Small recompense for the bullying that young man  had to bear. I know times were different in those days, but he did not deserve the torment that drove him to suicide 2 years after serving a prison sentence.  He apparently ate an Apple containing Cyanide, but there's still doubts about it being suicide.   That brilliant young man deserved a Knighthood for the tremendous work he did.  

Ron.

[johninderby]

More info here:

https://www.turing.ac.uk/blog/what-alan-turing-means-us

[bottletopburly]

Yes long overdue , recently visited Bletchley park. Highly recommended a visit 👍

[teoria_del_big_bang]

6 hours ago, barkis said:

Small recompense for the bullying that young man  had to bear. I know times were different in those days, but he did not deserve the torment that drove him to suicide 2 years after serving a prison sentence.  He apparently ate an Apple containing Cyanide, but there's still doubts about it being suicide.   That brilliant young man deserved a Knighthood for the tremendous work he did.  

Ron.

Couldn't agree more.

Yes thankfully times have changed and I think now most people will know his name and remember him for what a tremendous thing he did for our country.

And in recognition I will now try to collect as meany of those notes as I can get my hands on 🙂 

Steve

Edited July 15, 2019 by teoria_del_big_bang

[johninderby]

His teachers in school thought he showed promise in mathematics. 😁🤣

[GlenM]

So that's what a £50 note looks like.

 

Glen.