Alan Mathison Turing was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist. He was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine, which can be considered a model of a general-purpose computer. Born 1912-06-23 in Maida Vale, London, England, UK. View the full bodygraph with type, strategy, authority, profile, centers, channels and gates.