Alan Turing · every age
What was Alan Turing doing at 27?
Defined the computer at 24, broke Enigma at 27, gone at 41
- Sep 4, 1939
Reported to Bletchley Park the day after war was declared
He led Hut 8, the team attacking German naval Enigma.
Source: en.wikipedia.org - Mar 18, 1940
The first bombe, his codebreaking machine, was installed
It searched Enigma settings mechanically. Improved versions cracked messages daily.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Others at 27
Portrait: Photo: Elliott & Fry (1951), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source
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