Pioneering Second World War codebreaker Alan Turing will be the next person to feature on the £50 note, the Bank of England has confirmed today. The new polymer £50 note is expected to enter circulation by the end of 2021. In a tweet, the agency said: 'We’re delighted that Alan Turing has been chosen by the @bankofengland as the face of the new £50 note. Mr Carney said: 'Alan Turing was an outstanding mathematician whose work has had an enormous impact on how we live today. The current £50 note, which was first issued in 2011, features leading lights of the Industrial Revolution Matthew Boulton and James Watt.

Source: Daily Mail July 15, 2019 10:24 UTC