Bletchley Park's Alan Turing gets official apology

Gordon Brown says sorry for treatment of "war hero"

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By silicon.com, 14 September 2009 16:16

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Alan Turing, the mathematician and cryptographer whose work played an essential role in the efforts of codebreaking-centre Bletchley Park during WWII, received a posthumous apology from Prime Minister Gordon Brown last week for Turing's conviction under anti-gay laws, and subsequent suicide, in 1954.

Mathematician and cryptographer Alan Turing's work was vital to Bletchley Park's efforts in WWII (photo credit: Nick Heath/silicon.com)

An online petition containing more than 30,000 signatures, resulted in the apology on behalf of the British government.

ZDNet UK has more on the Alan Turing apology here.

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