THE VERY IDEA OF TURING MACHINE Alan mathison Turing, OBE, FRS(/'tjuorin TEWR-ing; 23 June 1912-7 June 1954), was an English mathematician, logici an, 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.THE VERY IDEA OF TURING MACHINE  Alan Mathison Turing, OBE, FRS ( /ˈtjʊərɪŋ / TEWR-ing; 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954), was an English mathematician, logici an, 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