| Statue of Alan Turing | |
| Italic Title: | no |
| Artist: | Stephen Kettle |
| Type: | Sculpture |
| Material: | Slate |
| Subject: | Alan Turing |
| Metric Unit: | m |
| Imperial Unit: | ft |
| City: | Bletchley, Milton Keynes, England |
| Museum: | Bletchley Park |
| Accession: | 2007 |
| Coordinates: | 51.9974°N -0.7412°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Buckinghamshire |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location at Bletchley Park |
| Owner: | Bletchley Park Trust (commissioned by Sidney Frank) |
A statue of Alan Turing, created in slate by Stephen Kettle in 2007, is located at Bletchley Park in England as part of an exhibition that honours Turing (1912–1954).[1] [2] It was commissioned by the American businessman and philanthropist Sidney Frank (1919–2006).[3]
The slate for the sculpture was selected from North Wales because the sculptor learned that Turing used to holiday there as a child and adult. The slate originated from Llechwedd, near Blaenau Ffestiniog. Turing is depicted seated and looking at a German Enigma machine. He is dressed in a jacket, but there is some deliberate untidiness in his clothing.
In 2007, it was commented that the statue acknowledges Turing as a codebreaker but not as a gay icon.[4] The statue became part of a new exhibition at Bletchley Park on Alan Turing in 2012, the centenary year of Turing's birth.[5] Sir John Dermot Turing, nephew of Alan Turing, attended the opening of the exhibition and posed with the statue.[6]