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SORRY about that, old chap. On 10 September the UK government belatedly apologised for its treatment of mathematician Alan Turing, who in 1952 was convicted of gross indecency for having a homosexual relationship. As an alternative to prison,...

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...gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell. Paying tribute to Turing's contribution to "Britain's fight against the darkness of dictatorship", Brown described him as "a quite brilliant mathematician". "Without his outstanding contribution, the...

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...petition that attracted more than 30,000 signatures. Brown says Britain owed Turing gratitude and that he was horrified the scientist was "in effect, tried for being gay." Brown said: "We're sorry, you deserved so much better."

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Campaign to get UK government to apologise for hounding Alan Turing to his death Posted by Cory Doctorow, August 17, 2009 3:05 AM | permalink Robbo sez, "Genius mathetician Alan Turing was arrested and convicted of 'gross indecency' because...

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Britain apologises to WWII code-breaker hero British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Friday issued a posthumous apology to World War II code-breaker Alan Turing, who committed suicide after he was tried and convicted of being homosexual.

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How Britain drove its greatest genius Alan Turing to suicide... just for being gay Last updated at 12:50 AM on 12th September 2009 With his shabby sports jacket, trousers held up with garden string and fingernails bitten to the quick, Alan...

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U.K. issues apology for gay codebreaker's treatment LONDON (AP) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown offered a posthumous apology Friday for the "inhumane" treatment of Alan Turing, the World War II codebreaker who committed suicide in 1954...

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...that was even tougher than the Enigma cipher. The UK government may have just apologised for mistreating Alan Turing, but it has declined to contribute to support his technical legacy. Welcome to the world of computer heritage. Pretty...

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In the petition, posted on the prime minister's Web site, Mr. Graham-Cumming wrote: Alan Turing was the greatest computer scientist ever born in Britain. He laid the foundations of computing, helped break the Nazi Enigma code and told us...

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