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Marriage

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1941

Alan Mathison TuringJune 1941

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Turing proposes marriage to Hut 8 co-worker Joan Clarke, a fellow mathematician and cryptanalyst, but their engagement is short-lived after admitting his homosexuality to his fiancee, who is reportedly "unfazed" by the revelation, Turing decides that he cannot not go through with the marriage

Names involved

Alan Mathison Turing

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