Monument to Alan Turing

Monument to Alan Turing – a monument in Whitworth Gardens, Manchester, UK.nInstalled in honor of Alan Matheson Turing (1912-1954), English scientist, mathematician, logic, cryptographer. Father informatics and theory of artificial intelligence.nThe monument was opened on the birthday of Turing on June 23, 2001. Depicts the figure of Turing, quietly sitting on a city bench in the park. Made of material “under the bronze.” Cost – 16 000 pounds. Funds for the construction of the monument were collected within 12 months for donations and lotteries.nA plaque at the feet of the statue reads: “Alan Matheson Turing. The father of computer science, mathematician, logician, hacker of military ciphers, the victim of prejudice “