Experts' Choice Award Alan Turing Memorial
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Quiet tribute to computing pioneer Alan Turing in Manchester's Sackville Gardens, honoring the mathematician and code breaker who faced persecution for his sexuality while teaching locally.
“A statue of the noted mathematician, code breaker and gay martyr Alan Turing, who taught at the University of Manchester from 1946–52, when he lost his job because of his homosexuality.”
– Lonely Planet
Atlas Obscura "Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument. " Full review
New York Times "Manchester is dotted with statues of figures from the past: There's Queen Victoria, the Duke of Wellington and even Abraham Lincoln. But a more recent work sits on a bench in the small..."
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Lonely Planet "The memorial statue of Alan Turing in Sackville Gardens is poignant and peaceful"
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