A place a day Alan Turing

 

Alan Turing Statue

Alan Turing (1912-1954) was the mathematical genius who helped to crack the German Enigma codes in World War II. He is thought of as a progenitor of computer science and artificial intelligence. Turing is now honoured by a statue in Sackville gardens, sometimes also referred to as sackville Park in Manchester.

The statue of Alan Turing was unveiled in 2001 and its location in Sackville Park is close to Manchester University and symbolically the city's gay village. The idea and impetus for a memorial to Turing was Richard Humphry, a barrister from nearby Stockport. The work is by the industrial sculptor, Glyn Hughes.

The statue shows Turing seated holding an apple in his hand, the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge and also possibly the agent of his death. A plaque at his feet now reads: "Father of computer science, mathematician, logician, wartime code breaker, victim of prejudice."





Location

Sackville Park is a short walk from Manchester Piccadilly Station and also very close to Canal Street Gay Village in the Manchester University district of the city. Sackville Gardens is a public space in Manchester, England. It is bounded by Manchester College's Shena Simon Campus on one side and Whitworth Street, Sackville Street, the Rochdale Canal and Canal Street on the others.

Sackville park address

Whitworth St, Sackville St, Manchester M1 3WA


Manchester Piccadilly Station
Manchester
M1 2QF





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