Alan Mathison Turing

Alan Mathison Turing, the person who contributed immensely to the development of computer science by providing a formalization of the concepts of "algorithm" and "computation" with the "Turing Machine," which played a major role in the creation of the modern computer, died a tragic death in 1954 when he was 41.

The excitement over computers after World War II roused the interest of an English mathematician, Alan Mathison Turing (1912-1954).

Alan Mathison Turing (23rd June 1912-7th June 1954) was a British mathematician and computer scientist.