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==Early life==
 
==Early life==
Turing was sent to Sherborne School in Dorset, a private school for boys, where he showed great aptitude for maths and science, no interest in any other subject and a lack of social skills. His spelling and handwriting remained poor throughout life. However he obtained a place at King's College, [[Cambridge University]] where he became a follower of [[John Maynard Keynes]]. He did postgraduate work and then in 1936 went to study at [[Princeton University]] in the USA.
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Turing was sent to Sherborne School in Dorset, a private school for boys, where he showed great aptitude for maths and science, no interest in any other subject, and a lack of social skills. His spelling and handwriting remained poor throughout life. However he obtained a place at King's College, [[Cambridge University]] where he became a follower of [[John Maynard Keynes]]. He did postgraduate work and then in 1936 went to study at [[Princeton University]] in the USA.
 
His mother later wrote of him "in dress and habits he tended to be slovenly".<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/apr/17/alan-turing-computerscienceandit-centenary-gay-barry-cooper</ref>
 
His mother later wrote of him "in dress and habits he tended to be slovenly".<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/apr/17/alan-turing-computerscienceandit-centenary-gay-barry-cooper</ref>
  
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