Alan Turing mathematical genius, founder of modern computing and cracker of the Enigma code. Sadly a victim of attitudes of the time and was chemically castrated for being gay.
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I recently visited the statue of him in Sackville Gardens in Manchester. It's good to see him being remembered.
I didn't know they had a statue! That's cool
It's in the Gay Village in Manchester! I can thoroughly recommend going.