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Identify this person who was a  mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and computer scientist.

Answer added on 2-9-2011: Alan Turing

Answer: Alan Mathison Turing,(June 1912 – 7 June 1954), was an English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and computer scientist. He was highly influential in the development of computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of "algorithm" and "computation" with the Turing machine, which played a significant role in the creation of the modern computer.


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