An online petition to feature the computing pioneer and Second World War code breaker Alan Turing on the new ã10 note has attracted thousands of signatures in only 24 hours.
Campaigners want the Bank of England to replace Charles Darwin when the current design is withdrawn in the next few years.
Almost 7,000 people had signed the government e-petition to feature Turing on the new ã10 note by Thursday afternoon. It was posted online on Wednesday by Thomas Thurman, a mobile network engineer from Chertsey.
ââ¬ÅI noticed that the current ã10 note is coming towards the end of its life and thought it would be a good way to pay tribute the massive effect Turing has had on all our lives,ââ¬Â he said.
ââ¬ÅMany people still donââ¬â¢t know who he was or what he did.ââ¬Â
ââ¬ÅHe would make a good replacement for Darwin, I think. Both were scientists and both were counter-establishment in many ways.ââ¬Â
Turing, who would have been 100 this year, is considered one of the founders of the computer age and a major contributor to Britainââ¬â¢s war effort because of his work cracking German ciphers at Bletchley Park.
His mathematical genius was considered a vital asset during the war and senior officials overlooked his homosexuality, which was illegal at the time. In 1952, however, while working at the University of Manchester, he was convicted of gross indecency and chose a sentence of chemical castration over prison.
Humiliated and stripped of his security clearances, two years later Turing committed suicide by taking cyanide.
The petition calls on the Treasury to ââ¬Årequest the Bank of England to consider depicting Alan Turing when Series F ã10 banknotes are designedââ¬Â.
Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...ibute-to-Bletchley-Park-hero-Alan-Turing.html
Question: Should Alan Turing feature on the new ã10 note? Why or why not?
Campaigners want the Bank of England to replace Charles Darwin when the current design is withdrawn in the next few years.
Almost 7,000 people had signed the government e-petition to feature Turing on the new ã10 note by Thursday afternoon. It was posted online on Wednesday by Thomas Thurman, a mobile network engineer from Chertsey.
ââ¬ÅI noticed that the current ã10 note is coming towards the end of its life and thought it would be a good way to pay tribute the massive effect Turing has had on all our lives,ââ¬Â he said.
ââ¬ÅMany people still donââ¬â¢t know who he was or what he did.ââ¬Â
ââ¬ÅHe would make a good replacement for Darwin, I think. Both were scientists and both were counter-establishment in many ways.ââ¬Â
Turing, who would have been 100 this year, is considered one of the founders of the computer age and a major contributor to Britainââ¬â¢s war effort because of his work cracking German ciphers at Bletchley Park.
His mathematical genius was considered a vital asset during the war and senior officials overlooked his homosexuality, which was illegal at the time. In 1952, however, while working at the University of Manchester, he was convicted of gross indecency and chose a sentence of chemical castration over prison.
Humiliated and stripped of his security clearances, two years later Turing committed suicide by taking cyanide.
The petition calls on the Treasury to ââ¬Årequest the Bank of England to consider depicting Alan Turing when Series F ã10 banknotes are designedââ¬Â.
Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...ibute-to-Bletchley-Park-hero-Alan-Turing.html
Question: Should Alan Turing feature on the new ã10 note? Why or why not?
