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Turing Gets His Apology

Well, I must admit that, when I wrote about the petition for an official apology, I thought that the chances of success were small, but Gordon Brown has indeed apologised, on behalf of the UK government, to Alan Turing for inhumane treatment. Here is the full text.
 
Interestingly, the Guardian writes that Turing "has no known surviving family". That apparently, is not true. John Graham-Cumming (the originator of the petition) has been contacted by direct descendants of Turing’s elder brother.

One response to “Turing Gets His Apology”

  1. […] I agreed wholeheartedly with the petition raised a few years ago for him to receive a posthumous formal apology from the British Government. And I was delighted when the apology was made. […]

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