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Digby Prize for Science & Mathematics
Alan Turing Archive, Sherborne School Collections, Sherborne School, Abbey Road, Sherborne, Dorset, UK, DT9 3AP oldshirburnian.org.uk/school-archives/
Alan Mathison Turing (1912-1954) was a pupil at Sherborne School from May 1926 to July 1931. In 1965, Alan's mother, Mrs Ethel Sara Turing, donated the Alan Turing Archive to Sherborne School.
In June 1931, during his final term at Sherborne School, Alan Turing was awarded the Digby Prize for Science and Mathematics. Along with the Digby Prize Medal, Alan chose for his book prize 'The Iliad of Homer', translated into English Prose by Andrew Lang, Walter Leaf & Ernest Myers (London: Macmillan & Co., 1927).
Further information about the Alan Turing Archives held at Sherborne School oldshirburnian.org.uk/alan-turing/
If you have any additional information about this image or if you would like to use one of our images then we would love to hear from you. Please leave a comment below or contact us via the Sherborne School Archives website: oldshirburnian.org.uk/school-archives/contact-the-school-...
Digby Prize for Science & Mathematics
Alan Turing Archive, Sherborne School Collections, Sherborne School, Abbey Road, Sherborne, Dorset, UK, DT9 3AP oldshirburnian.org.uk/school-archives/
Alan Mathison Turing (1912-1954) was a pupil at Sherborne School from May 1926 to July 1931. In 1965, Alan's mother, Mrs Ethel Sara Turing, donated the Alan Turing Archive to Sherborne School.
In June 1931, during his final term at Sherborne School, Alan Turing was awarded the Digby Prize for Science and Mathematics. Along with the Digby Prize Medal, Alan chose for his book prize 'The Iliad of Homer', translated into English Prose by Andrew Lang, Walter Leaf & Ernest Myers (London: Macmillan & Co., 1927).
Further information about the Alan Turing Archives held at Sherborne School oldshirburnian.org.uk/alan-turing/
If you have any additional information about this image or if you would like to use one of our images then we would love to hear from you. Please leave a comment below or contact us via the Sherborne School Archives website: oldshirburnian.org.uk/school-archives/contact-the-school-...