The Bank of England has chosen codebreaker and computing pioneer Alan Turing as the face of the country's new 50 pound note. Interested in United Kingdom? Add United Kingdom as an interest to stay up to date on the latest United Kingdom news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Add InterestGovernor Mark Carney said Monday that Turing was "a giant on whose shoulders so many now stand." Turing's work cracking Nazi Germany's secret communications helped win World War II, but after the war he was prosecuted for homosexuality, which was then illegal.

Source: ABC News July 15, 2019 10:34 UTC