Alan
Turing was one of the first people
to truly deserve the name computer scientist.
Although his contributions to the field were too numerous to list,
his best-known are the eponymous Turing
Test and Turing
Machine.
Turing was also an
accomplished mathematician and
cryptographer. His assistance
was crucial in helping the Allies decode the German Enigma
machine.1
Turing committed suicide on
June 7, 1954
after being convicted of homosexuality and forced to take female
hormone injections.2