He Was Famous For Being Eccentric

To continue the list of facts about Alan Turing, Toplist will talk about his oddities. Alan Turing was known for his quirky behavior. Colleagues at Bletchley Park referred to him as "Prof," and his works on the Enigma were known as "Prof's Book." Additionally, it was claimed that Turing had shackled his mug to the radiator pipes to stop anyone else from using it. He battled his allergies by donning a gas mask while riding his bike. He knew just when to dismount to fasten the broken chain before it slipped off his bike rather than fix it.His oddities, among other things, have prompted some to speculate that he had Asperger's syndrome, though this has not been proved, and there is no real way to tell if that was the case because the legitimacy of retroactive diagnosis is debatable.

He made a marriage proposal to Joan Clarke, a Hut 8 coworker, when he was at Bletchley Park. The marriage was approved by Clarke, a mathematician and cryptanalyst as well. The marriage could not go ahead after Turing exposed his homosexuality, so the engagement ended. Though it's possible that Clarke wasn't overly surprised by the disclosure because he was described as being "unfazed" by the statement.