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Alan Mathison Turing, OBE, FRS (23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954), was an English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist. He was influential in the development of computer science and providing a formalisation of the concept of the algorithm and computation with the Turing machine, playing a significant role in the creation of the modern computer. (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing)
-For his monumental achievements and vast influence it has been proposed that
Turing be [illuminated|illuminate]
as a VirianSaint. There is a
[Meridion vote | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=voteResults;idvote=95] in progress
.
+For his monumental achievements and vast influence the Church of Virus voted for
Turing's illumination
as a VirianSaint on March 21, 2010
. [Meridion vote | http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=;action=voteResults;idvote=95].
[http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~mbsclass/hall_of_fame/images/turing.jpg]
Often considered the founder of computer science, Alan Turing's work in mathematics led him to envision the first digital computer. The Turing Machine would read a series of ones and zeroes, interpreting them to perform an ordered and repeatable sequence of steps. His machine introduced the concept of the multi-purpose computer. His concepts introduced the algorithm as a means of solving any problem by way of a sequence of well-conceived steps.
