Alan Turing - Anita

• Alan Turing was born on June 23, 1912, London, United Kingdom, as the second child of Julius Mathison and Ethel Sara Turing. They were conceived as an upper-middle class family in the English class system. Before Alan was born, Julius had decided to enter in the Indian Civil Service, and served in the Madras Presidency, where he had met Ethel. She was the daughter of the chief engineer of the Madras Railways.
• As a child, Alan Turing was diagnosed with Autism. He was an extremely intelligent student in math and science. Alan had a childhood friend, Christopher Morcom, who he was powerfully attracted to. But Christopher only served him as and intellectual companion, and partially inspired Alan to crack Enigma in the future. Tragically, their relationship ended with Christopher's sudden and secret death in February of 1930.
• At age 13, Alan Turing changed his school to Sherborne, because his intelligence wasn't respected at his older hostiles. After Sherborne, he enrolled in the University of Cambridge, then moved on to Princeton University, New Jeresey. He proved himself as the most intelligent student at this school, so was moved to Princeton University for the Advanced.
• During World War II, Alan Turing was an active participant in war code cryptography, mainly deciphering German messages. He was later hired to break the code of Enigma, a machine which could transmit special war and military messages secretly, created by the Germans. The Germans would change the process of how the machine sent coded messages every morning at 6 am. With the help of Joan Clarke and a few others, Alan successfully cracked Enigma in Bletchley Park. He had fashioned the machine, Christopher (named after his childhood friend), to decipher the codes of Enigma. Alan Turing saved over 14,000 lives! Sadly, after their accomplishment, they were forced to burn ANY evidence of their breaking Enigma.
• In 1952, Alan Turing was accused of committing an English crime, for which he was put on trial. He was given two options, either to be imprisoned for his felony, or take hormonal pills. Alan Turing chose the second option, for he wanted to keep working on his machine, Christopher. At one point in his life, Alan's medication was torturing him. So, on June 7, 1954, Alan Turing committed suicide with cyanide poisoning. 
• Alan Turing was awarded in numerous ways after his death for his bravery and dedication against breaking Enigma.