Alan Turing was born in London on 23 June 1912. He was the son of Julius Mathius Turing and Ethel Sara Stoney, the youngest of three children, he was born to a distinguished family. His family background includes diplomats and engineers, three of which succeeded to the Royal Society. Alan turing was educated at Sherbourne school, from 1923 to 1931. After which he studied mathematics at Kings College, Cambridge, graduating in 1935 with a B.A. He was elected a …showed first 75 words of 409 total…

…showed last 75 words of 409 total…computing machinery and intelligence". In the paper Turing concluded that by his definition of thinking, it was possible to make intelligent machines. uring's last years were spent working at home. In 1952 he published the "Chemical basis of morphogenesis", it applied mathematical and mechanical theory to biology. Alan Turing died from self administered poisoning on 7 June 1954. Alan Turing's place in history was earned by his theory of computation which he worked out in 1936 and 1937. Word Count: 420