Now monuments can come in many shapes and sizes, and we have long moved away from the traditional statue, which in the past were confined to men, who were usually remembered as generals, politician, or scientists.
So this wall painting of Alan Turing is most welcome.
"Alan Mathison Turing OBE FRS, 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954 was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist.
Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine, which can be considered a model of a general-purpose computer.
Turing is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.
Despite these accomplishments, he was not fully recognised in his home country during his lifetime, due to his homosexuality, and because much of his work was covered by the Official Secrets Act".*
It stands almost at the junction of Barlow Moor Road and Princes Road.
I have seen it countless times, but never thought to record it.
But Andy Robertson did, and for good measure here is what it used to look like.
Location, Alan Turing Memorial
Picture; Alan Turing Memorial, 2019, &2014, from the collection of Andy Robertson
*Alan Turing, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing
"Alan Mathison Turing OBE FRS, 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954 was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist.
Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine, which can be considered a model of a general-purpose computer.
Despite these accomplishments, he was not fully recognised in his home country during his lifetime, due to his homosexuality, and because much of his work was covered by the Official Secrets Act".*
It stands almost at the junction of Barlow Moor Road and Princes Road.
But Andy Robertson did, and for good measure here is what it used to look like.
Location, Alan Turing Memorial
Picture; Alan Turing Memorial, 2019, &2014, from the collection of Andy Robertson
*Alan Turing, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing
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