Why a Booktrail?
1930s – 1940s: The woman behind the great man Alan Turing – his mother.
Alan M. Turing
What you need to know before your trail
‘In a short life he accomplished much, and to the roll of great names in the history of his particular studies added his own.’ So is described one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century, yet Alan Turing’s name was not widely recognised until his contribution to the breaking of the German Enigma code became public in the 1970s.
Locations
Reset- England - Buckinghamshire - Bletchley
- A: Bletchley Park - The train station
- B: Hut 12
- C: Hut 11
- D: Bletchley Park Museum
- E: Bletchley Park Mansion
Travel Guide
Bletchley Park
Alan Turing was not ‘famous’ or well known in any way during his lifetime. Today however, he is famous for being the man who conceived modern computing and played a crucial part in the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in WW2.
Tragically, he was also a victim of mid-20th Century attitudes to homosexuality – he was chemically castrated before dying at the age of 41 from cyanide poisoning. It is still uncertain whether it was suicide or not.
When you get to see Alan Turing’s desk – speechless. This man’s story is more than retold here – there’s even a brick in an honorary wall bearing his name. And his office was so small! Oh and that huge machine he built – remarkable. There are no words to describe what he achieved and what it’s like standing in the very spot he made history.
Trail Gallery
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Alan M. Turing
Destination: Bletchley Author/Guide: Sara Turing Departure Time: 1912 – 1954
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