Sir Dermot Turing

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Dermot Turing in 2019
Born (1961-02-26) 26 February 1961 (age 62)[2]
EducationSherborne School
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge (BA)
University of Oxford (DPhil)
Known forProf: Alan Turing Decoded
X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken
Spouse
Nicola Jane Simmonds
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(m. 1986)​
AwardsOrder of Merit of the Republic of Poland (2020)
Scientific career
InstitutionsHM Treasury
Clifford Chance
Bletchley Park
The Turing Trust
ThesisAspects of the regulation of larval serum protein synthesis in Drosophila (1985)
Doctoral advisorDavid B. Roberts[1]
Websitedermotturing.com

Sir John Dermot Turing, 12th Baronet (born 26 February 1961)[2] is a British solicitor and author.[3][4][5]

Education

Turing was educated at Sherborne School and King's College, Cambridge. He then undertook a DPhil degree in the genetics of the fruit fly as a postgraduate student of New College, Oxford.[1][6]

Career

After his DPhil, Turing moved into the legal profession[2][7] initially as an HM Treasury solicitor. He then worked at the international law firm Clifford Chance, where he was a partner until 2014 and latterly a consultant.[8] He specialized in the financial sector, especially with respect to failed banks, regulation, and risk management.

In 2012, the centenary year of his uncle Alan Turing's birth, Dermot Turing became a trustee of Bletchley Park, where Alan Turing worked as a cryptologist during World War II.[7] In 2015, he wrote a book on Alan Turing, Prof: Alan Turing Decoded,[9] and in 2017 he contributed a chapter to The Turing Guide.[10] He is a member of the European Post-Trade Forum and a trustee of the Turing Trust. His interests also include cryptanalysis and naval history.[11]

Dermot Turing has commented on the accuracy of the 2014 film The Imitation Game, a dramatization of Alan Turing's life.[12][13][14] In 2018 he published X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken.[15]

Awards and Honours

In 2020, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland for highlighting the role of the Polish in breaking the Enigma Code.[16] He is a visiting fellow at Kellogg College, Oxford.[17]

Family Tree

Turing is the nephew of Alan Turing[11][18] and the 12th Baronet in the Turing baronetcy.[2] He is the son of John Ferrier Turing and Beryl Mary Ada Turing née Hann. In 1986, he married Nicola Jane Simmonds, daughter of Malcolm Douglas Simmonds. In 1987, he succeeded his third cousin as the 12th Turing Baronet. He has two sons: John Malcolm Ferrier, his heir apparent (born 1988) and James Robert Edward (born 1991)[2]

Coat of arms of Dermot Turing
Crest
A hand holding a helmet Proper.
Escutcheon
Argent on a bend Sable three boar’s heads Or.
Supporters
Two stags Proper.
Motto
Audentes Fortuna Juvat [19]

References

  1. ^ a b Turing, John Dermot (1985). Aspects of the regulation of larval serum protein synthesis in Drosophila. ox.ac.uk (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. OCLC 499771523. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.371588.
  2. ^ a b c d e Anon (2017). "Turing, Sir John Dermot". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U38181. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ Sir John Dermot Turing talk at The Open University on YouTube
  4. ^ Dermot Turing: "Prof: Alan Turing Decoded" talk at Google on YouTube
  5. ^ Black, Sue (2021). "Alan Turing and Computable Numbers: 100 Moments That Rocked Computer Science". apple.com.
  6. ^ Roberts, David B.; Turing, J.Dermot; Loughlin, Susan A.R. (1991). "The advantages that accrue to Drosophila melanogaster possessing larval serum protein 1". Journal of Insect Physiology. 37 (5): 391–400. doi:10.1016/0022-1910(91)90090-M. ISSN 0022-1910.
  7. ^ a b "About Us – Sir John Dermot Turing". UK: Bletchley Park. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Dermot Turing – Consultant to Clifford Chance". People & Places. London, UK: Clifford Chance. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  9. ^ Turing, Dermot (2015). Prof: Alan Turing Decoded. The History Press. ISBN 978-1841656434.
  10. ^ Turing, Dermot (2017). "Chapter 2 – The man with the terrible trousers". In Copeland, Jack; et al. (eds.). The Turing Guide. pp. 19–29.
  11. ^ a b Copeland, Jack; Bowen, Jonathan; Sprevak, Mark; Wilson, Robin; et al. (2017). "Notes on Contributors". The Turing Guide. Oxford University Press. p. 479. ISBN 978-0198747833.
  12. ^ O’Connell, Alex (14 November 2014). "How accurate is The Imitation Game? Sir John Dermot Turing reveals all". The Times. UK. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  13. ^ Turing, Sir John Dermot (9 February 2015). "Sir John Dermot Turing: The Imitation Game tells the full story of my codebreaking uncle". Evening Standard. UK. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  14. ^ Langlois, Andre (19 October 2015). "Alan Turing's nephew – out to dispel some myths". getSURREY. UK. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  15. ^ Dermot Turing, X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken
  16. ^ "Sir Dermot Turing awarded Polish state decoration for highlighting the role of Poles in breaking the Enigma Code". gov.pl. 5 July 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  17. ^ "Sir Dermot Turing".
  18. ^ "An interview with Dermot Turing: Alan Turing's nephew". UK: Loughborough University. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  19. ^ Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage. 1903.
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