Historical place archive

Sherborne School in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Sherborne School in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records3 event labels1 people1926–1930

Historical events in Sherborne School

1926

1926
Sherborne School
Alan Mathison Turing · Technology

Moves from Hazelhurst to Sherborne School in Dorset for his secondary education.

1928

1928
Christopher Morcom Friendship
Alan Mathison Turing · Technology

Forms an important intellectual friendship with fellow Sherborne pupil Christopher Morcom, sharing interests in mathematics and science.

1930

1930
Christopher Morcom Influence
Alan Mathison Turing · Technology

After Christopher Morcom dies, Turing becomes increasingly interested in questions linking mind, matter, mathematics and scientific explanation.

Provenance

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