Author andrew hodges states in his turing biography that the idea that marriage should include a mutual sexual satisfaction was still a modern one, which had not yet replaced the older idea of marriage as a social duty. Joan elisabeth lowther clarke murray was born june 24. See enigmatic joan talk about her engagement to alan turing in the video extract from a horizon episode about turings life. In this short extract from the original programme hear joan talk about alans proposal of marriage and his revelation about his homosexual tendencies. Although she did not personally seek the spotlight, her role in the enigma project that decrypted nazi germanys secret communications earned her awards and citations, such as. The woman who cracked enigma cyphers alan turing, women in. Alan turing road in the surrey research park 149 and the alan turing way, part of the manchester inner ring road 154 are named after alan turing. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. In a 1948 crosscountry race he finished ahead of tom richards who was to win the silver medal in the olympics.
Jun 06, 2014 the computing pioneer alan turing remembered by his friends. The code breakers of bletchley park pan books, 2004. In the 31 years since the publication of his book alan turings status. Recently on the hub we delved into a lesserknown side of alan turing. This short alan turing biography video from cambridge university offers an overview of turings life, including his work at bletchley park to crack the nazis.
Jun 30, 2015 a new york times bestseller the official book behind the academy awardwinning film the imitation game, starring benedict cumberbatch and keira knightley it is only a slight exaggeration to say that the british mathematician alan turing 19121954 saved the allies from the nazis, invented the computer and artificial intelligence, and anticipated gay liberation by decadesall before his. Alan turing 191254 was a british mathematician who made history. But turings vision went far beyond the desperate wartime struggle. The trial of alan turing for homosexual conduct looks at the circumstances that led to turings criminal conviction for homosexual conduct in 1952, and his death in 1954. I can remember alan turing coming in as usual for a days leave, doing his own mathematical research at night, in the warmth and light of the office, without interrupting the routine of daytime sleep. Joan clarke murray and headington headington, oxford. Code breaking was almost exclusively done by men during the war.
Alan turing project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. My engagement to alan turing by joan clarke later murray is an extract of the 1992 horizon programme about alan turing featuring the enigmatic joan clarke. Joan murray lived in scotland for many years but they returned to. There are two movies about alan turing that you can watch right now. Mar 06, 2020 from the editor of the new york times bestseller letters of note comes this companion volume of more than 125 letters, a collection of correspondence that spans centuries and place, written by the famous, the notsofamous, and the downright infamous. Turing, six years her senior, whom she had previously met as a friend of her older brother. My engagement to alan turing by joan clarke later murray. The computing pioneer alan turing remembered by his friends. Jan 16, 2015 please read before watching someone was hoping to see this video be made so i made it for them. From a very young age, i knew about the legend of alan turing among awkward, nerdy teenagers, he is a patron saint. Entitled hut 8 and naval enigma, part i this describes her work for hut 8, starting with her arrival on 17 june 1940. Joan clarke 1917 1996 mactutor history of mathematics. Alan turing gets royal pardon for gross indecency 61.
Alan turing achieved worldclass marathon standards. The world finally knows about alan turing, but who was joan clarke and why was she significant. Alan turing biography alan mathison turing was an english mathematician, logician, computer scientist, cryptographer, philosopher, marathon runner and british ultradistance runner. My engagement to alan turing by joan clarke later murray is an extract of the 1992 horizon programme about alan turing featuring the. Cumberbatch, keira knightley based on the book alan turing.
Second from the right is his son brian shepherd, who would accompany alan turing to race meetings and pass him food at stages during long distance runs. Please forgive the terrible quality, i had so many problems with my movie makers ect. Please read before watching someone was hoping to see this video be made so i made it for them. Whitmore based the character in the play named pat smith, on joan clarke. He never fit in, but accomplished these wonderful things, as part of a secret queer history of computer science. The conflicted life of an ordinary english homosexual atheist mathematician. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading alan m. But while bletchley park hero alan turing who was punished by a postwar society. Dont turn my uncles life into a romance, says alan turings. From the editor of the new york times bestseller letters of note comes this companion volume of more than 125 letters, a collection of correspondence that spans centuries and place, written by the famous, the notsofamous, and the downright infamous.
It got us thinking about what else people might not know about the maths genius who helped develop modern computing at the university of manchester. Joan clarke murray, worked with alan turing to crack the enigma code during world war ii. A declassified 1970s article by joan murray, the world war iicold war british codebreaker who worked on the german naval enigma problem, and who was engaged to alan turing, gives some new. Jun 15, 2018 alan turing biography alan mathison turing was an english mathematician, logician, computer scientist, cryptographer, philosopher, marathon runner and british ultradistance runner. My engagement to alan turing by joan clarke later joan. Alan turing was driven to a terrible despair and early death by the nation hed done so much to save. The grounds of the big estate of bletchley plark were gradually being covered with hastily constructed, barnlikehutsonestory,nonuniform,andwoodenusually. Alan turing was a wellrespected mathematician in his time, but his contemporaries didnt know the full extent of his contributions to. One of the three men working there was alan turing, who was a friend of her brother, and for a brief period in 1941 she was engaged to him. Their actual work focused on breaking germanys naval enigma code which the station x workers had codenamed dolphin.
Clarke cooperated with andrew hodges when he was researching and writing his book, but she chose not see whitmores play, declaring that 7 it would have been too painful. The play is based on the 1983 book, alan turing, the enigma by andrew hodges. Iin this short extract hear joan talkabout alans proposal of marriage and his revelation about his homosexual tendancies. Her controversial relationship with alan turing sometimes overshadows her. The woman who cracked enigma cyphers joan clarke, the only female codebreaker to work alongside alan turing and his team during ww2, is brought to prominence by keira knightley in the imitation game data science science and technology computer science women in combat cyber warfare bletchley park the imitation game alan turing women in history. Arnold murray 193389, lover of alan turing, prosecuted for homosexuality this disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. Turing carved across the top, read down the left leg, and write down the other. Nov 10, 2014 joan clarke, the only female codebreaker to work alongside alan turing and his team during ww2, is brought to prominence by keira knightley in the imitation game.
In the meantime arnold murray drifted out of his life. I think the aspect of the book that i most grasped and that was the most thought. But which one does a better job of exploring his incredible achievement. Joan clarkes ingenious work as a codebreaker during ww2 saved countless lives, and her talents were formidable enough to command the respect of some of the greatest minds of the 20th century, despite the sexism of the time.
Carnegie mellon university has a granite bench, situated in the hornbostel mall, with the name a. Its subject, the british mathematical genius who contributed to the cryptanalysis of the nazi enigma code and to the beginnings of the computer, was not an easy subject. Joan and alan turing became very close friends and, in 1941, the head of hut 8 asked his friend to become his wife. Awards, british numismatic society sanford saltus gold medal 1986. Polari magazine marks the centenary of his birth in a series of articles about his life, his work, and his legacy. Which alan turing movie really captures the father of. This information comes from mr mike saunders, who is ted shepherds grandson, and recalls his grandfather speaking of turing s highcarb training diet. I think the aspect of the book that i most grasped and that was the most thoughtprovoking was turings ideas about machine intelligence. My engagement to alan turing by joan clarke later murray is an extract of an 1992 horizon programme about alan turing showing the enigmatic joan clarke. Alan turing, the younger child of julius mathison turing and ethel sara stoney, was born in london on 23rd june, 1912. Published on oct 31, 2014 my engagement to alan turing by joan clarke later murray is an extract of an 1992 horizon programme about alan turing showing the enigmatic joan clarke. Alan turing and the invention of the computer david. For a while ethel turing lived in st leonardsonsea with her two sons. Davis, which try to give a more current interpretation of the life of alan turing and the other two biographies in the book.
The imitation game ig is a great movie which has brought a lot of attention to alan turing but if you like it, you should also watch the 20 film codebreaker cb, which can be streamed on netflix. Nov 18, 20 dont turn my uncles life into a romance, says alan turings niece niece of alan turing, the computer pioneer and second world war codebreaker, says she hopes a film will not romanticise. Joan clarke, woman who cracked enigma cyphers with alan turing. His best time of 2 hours, 46 minutes, 3 seconds, was only 11 minutes slower than the winner in the 1948 olympic games. Peter calvocoressi, explained in his book, top secret ultra 1980, the task that faced the codebreakers. Joan clarke, the only female codebreaker to work alongside alan turing and his team during ww2, is brought to prominence by keira knightley. My engagement to alan turing by joan clarke later joan murray.
This remains a shame on the british government and british history. The imitation game true story the real alan turing, joan clarke. Clarke cooperated with andrew hodges when he was researching and writing his book, but she chose not see whitmores play. My engagement to alan turing bletchley park research. If one has seen the movie and liked it, one is going to love this too.
I have little new to add and must join all of the others here in saying that andrew hodges alan turing. Joan clarke, the only female codebreaker to work alongside alan. When she first became a hut8 code breaker, joan worked with alan turing, tony kendrick and peter twinn. Joan clarke on alan turings homosexuality and their engagement. Dont turn my uncles life into a romance, says alan turings niece niece of alan turing, the computer pioneer and second world war codebreaker, says she hopes a film will not romanticise. Chapter 14 hut 8 and naval enigma part 1 written by joan murray found in codebreakers. In this short extract hear joan talk about alans proposal of marriage and his revelation about homosexual tendancies. The imitation game true story confirms that on march 31, 1952, british authorities put alan turing on trial for indecency because he had homosexual relations with a 19yearold man named arnold murray, twenty years his junior. In june 1940 joan clarke went to work for alan turing in hut 8. Alan turing 19121954, of cryptanalysis and computer fame. Joan clarke joan murray after her marriage in 1952 wrote a sixpage chapter of codebreakers, eds. His father worked for the indian civil service in madras. It may act as an apology to many of the other gay men, not as wellknown as alan turing, who were subjected to these laws.
The trial of alan turing for homosexual conduct looks at the circumstances that led to turings criminal conviction for. The book could be simpler and could meet the need of a great biography. Joan elisabeth lowther clarke murray mactutor history of. Turing is wellknown for being one of the fathers of computer science and the forerunner of modern computing. Oct 31, 2014 my engagement to alan turing by joan clarke later murray is an extract of an 1992 horizon programme about alan turing showing the enigmatic joan clarke. This information comes from mr mike saunders, who is ted shepherds grandson, and recalls his grandfather speaking of turings highcarb training diet. Alan turing, six years her senior, whom she had previously met as a friend of her older brother martin, recruitedhertoworkin his hut 8 instead of withwelchmaninhut 6. Mar 18, 2017 my engagement to alan turing by joan clarke later murray is an extract of the 1992 horizon programme about alan turing featuring the enigmatic joan clarke. It is a bit ironic that a book whose title implies that alan turing himself is the biggest enigma manages to leave him still an enigma in many ways, but that is the case. Partners, alan turing engaged during 1941 but did not marry.
Joan clarke murray codebreaker at bletchley park during world war ii. Joan elisabeth lowther murray was an english cryptanalyst and numismatist best. My engagement to alan turing by joan clarke later joan murray youtube see more. It got us thinking about what else people might not know about the maths genius who helped develop modern computing at. Benedict cumberbatch as alan turing with keira knightley as joan clarke in the imitation game. His breaking of the german uboat enigma cipher in world war ii ensured alliedamerican control of the atlantic.