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Alan Turing, pioneer of computer science found to be gay and castrated, was pardoned
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<blockquote data-quote="Nelson Vergel" data-source="post: 4242" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>Nearly 60 years after his death, Alan Turing, the British mathematician regarded as one of the central figures in the development of the computer, received a formal pardon from Queen Elizabeth II on Monday for his conviction in 1952 on charges of homosexuality, at the time a criminal offense in Britain.When Mr. Turing was convicted in 1952, he was sentenced — as an alternative to prison — <strong>to chemical castration by a series of injections of female hormones</strong>. He also lost his security clearance because of the conviction. He committed suicide by eating an apple believed to have been laced with cyanide.</p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/24/world/europe/alan-turing-enigma-code-breaker-and-computer-pioneer-wins-royal-pardon.html?_r=0" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/24/world/europe/alan-turing-enigma-code-breaker-and-computer-pioneer-wins-royal-pardon.html?_r=0</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nelson Vergel, post: 4242, member: 3"] Nearly 60 years after his death, Alan Turing, the British mathematician regarded as one of the central figures in the development of the computer, received a formal pardon from Queen Elizabeth II on Monday for his conviction in 1952 on charges of homosexuality, at the time a criminal offense in Britain.When Mr. Turing was convicted in 1952, he was sentenced — as an alternative to prison — [B]to chemical castration by a series of injections of female hormones[/B]. He also lost his security clearance because of the conviction. He committed suicide by eating an apple believed to have been laced with cyanide. [URL]http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/24/world/europe/alan-turing-enigma-code-breaker-and-computer-pioneer-wins-royal-pardon.html?_r=0[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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