{"id":230,"date":"2019-11-25T14:22:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T14:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/compsci\/?p=230"},"modified":"2019-11-25T14:22:08","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T14:22:08","slug":"alan-turings-generous-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/compsci\/2019\/11\/25\/alan-turings-generous-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Turing&#8217;s generous nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alan Turing is known as a true pioneer of computer science. He&#8217;s even regarded by some as the father of both this discipline and artificial intelligence. Perhaps less well known, however, is Turing&#8217;s generous nature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A lot has been written about Turing &#8211; not least his work at Bletchley Park during the Second World War. This helped bring the conflict to a speedier end, saving millions of lives in the process. His work on theoretical computer science &#8211; including that performed here at The University of Manchester &#8211; is also well documented. His philanthropy, however, is not as widely discussed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But there are many examples to be found. Just prior to the outbreak of World War II, for instance, he began sponsoring a young Austrian Jewish child who came to Britain fleeing Nazi oppression, while he also regularly sent money to a woman volunteering in Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To discover more about this side of Turing&#8217;s character, the Faculty of Science and Engineering&#8217;s blog The Hub spoke to his nephew Dermot Turing, who explained how his uncle would use what little financial means he had to help others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Read the full story on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/science-engineering\/2019\/11\/20\/the-philanthropy-of-alan-turing\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Hub<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alan Turing was a true pioneer of computer science; but are you aware of his philanthropic side? 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