Alan Turing to be Face of New £50 Note

The Bank of England announced yesterday (July 15) that the new face of the £50 note would be gay mathematician Alan Turing.

Turing beat out a shortlist that included Margaret Thatcher, Stephen Hawking and Ada Lovelace.

Turing worked tirelessly during World War II to crack the German Enigma codes, he played a large part in bringing an end to the war and victory to allied forces.

“Alan Turing was an outstanding mathematician whose work has had an enormous impact on how we live today,” said Bank of England governor Mark Carney.

“As the father of computer science and artificial intelligence, as well as war hero, Alan Turing’s contributions were far-ranging and path-breaking. Turing is a giant on whose shoulders so many now stand.”

Turing was chemically castrated in 1952 after being convicted of “gross indecency” for having sex with another man. He committed suicide two years later at the age of 41.

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