{{short description|British solicitor and author}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use British English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox scientist | name = Sir Dermot Turing | honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|Bt}} | image = Dermot Turing.jpg | caption = Sir Dermot Turing in 2019 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|2|26|df=yes}}<ref name=whoswho>{{Who's Who | author=Anon| title=Turing, Sir John Dermot | id = U38181 | year = 2017 | doi =10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U38181 | edition = online [[Oxford University Press]]|location=Oxford}}</ref> | education = [[Sherborne School]] | alma_mater = [[University of Cambridge]] (BA)<br />[[University of Oxford]] (DPhil) | known_for = ''[[Prof: Alan Turing Decoded]]''<br />''[[X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken]]'' | thesis_title = Aspects of the regulation of larval serum protein synthesis in Drosophila | thesis_url = https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.371588 | thesis_year = 1985 | doctoral_advisor = David B. Roberts<ref name=dphil/> | awards = Knight's Cross of the [[Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland]] (2020) | workplaces = [[HM Treasury]]<br />[[Clifford Chance]]<br />[[Bletchley Park]]<br />[[The Turing Trust]] | spouse = {{marriage|Nicola Jane Simmonds|1986}} | website = {{URL|https://dermotturing.com}} }}
'''Sir John Dermot Turing, 12th Baronet''' (born 26 February 1961)<ref name=whoswho/> is a British [[solicitor]] and author.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBV3rR1NhN8 Sir John Dermot Turing] talk at [[The Open University]] on [[YouTube]]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG67UFZ-WyE Dermot Turing: "Prof: Alan Turing Decoded"] talk at [[Google]] on [[YouTube]]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/alan-turing-and-computable-numbers/id1570420393?i=1000528055488|website=apple.com|first=Sue|last=Black|year=2021|title=Alan Turing and Computable Numbers: 100 Moments That Rocked Computer Science}}</ref>
==Education== Turing was educated at [[Sherborne School]] and [[King's College, Cambridge]]. He then undertook a [[DPhil]] degree in the genetics of the [[Drosophila melanogaster|fruit fly]] as a postgraduate student of [[New College, Oxford]].<ref name=dphil>{{cite thesis|degree=DPhil|publisher=University of Oxford|url=http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/permalink/f/89vilt/oxfaleph016147273|doi=|title=Aspects of the regulation of larval serum protein synthesis in Drosophila|first= John Dermot|last=Turing|date=1985|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.371588}}|website=ox.ac.uk|oclc=499771523}}</ref><ref name="RobertsTuring1991">{{cite journal|last1=Roberts|first1=David B.|last2=Turing|first2=J.Dermot|last3=Loughlin|first3=Susan A.R.|title=The advantages that accrue to Drosophila melanogaster possessing larval serum protein 1|journal=Journal of Insect Physiology|volume=37|issue=5|year=1991|pages=391–400|issn=0022-1910|doi=10.1016/0022-1910(91)90090-M}}</ref>
==Career== After his DPhil, Turing moved into the legal profession<ref name=whoswho/><ref name="bletchley-park">{{cite web | url=https://bletchleypark.org.uk/about-us/bletchley-park-trustees/sir-john-dermot-turing | title=About Us – Sir John Dermot Turing | publisher=Bletchley Park | location=UK | accessdate=22 January 2018 | archive-date=18 October 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018191443/https://bletchleypark.org.uk/about-us/bletchley-park-trustees/sir-john-dermot-turing | url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref name="clifforf-chance">{{cite web | url=https://www.cliffordchance.com/people_and_places/people/lawyers/gb/dermot_turing.html | title=Dermot Turing – Consultant to Clifford Chance | work=People & Places | publisher=Clifford Chance | location=London, UK | accessdate=22 January 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113223034/https://www.cliffordchance.com/people_and_places/people/lawyers/gb/dermot_turing.html | archive-date=13 November 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He specialized in the financial sector, especially with respect to failed banks, [[Financial regulation|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 worked as a [[Cryptanalysis|cryptologist]] during [[World War II]].<ref name="bletchley-park" /> In 2015, he wrote a book on Alan, ''[[Prof: Alan Turing Decoded]]'',<ref>{{cite book| last=Turing | first=Dermot | year=2015 | title=Prof: Alan Turing Decoded | publisher=[[The History Press]] | isbn=978-1841656434 }}</ref> and in 2017, he contributed a chapter to ''[[The Turing Guide]]''.<ref>{{cite book| last=Turing | first=Dermot | year=2017 | chapter=Chapter 2 – The man with the terrible trousers | editor-last1=Copeland | editor-first1=Jack |editor-link1=Jack Copeland |display-editors=etal| title=The Turing Guide | pages=19–29 }}</ref> 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]].<ref name="copeland17" />
Dermot Turing has commented on the accuracy of the 2014 film ''[[The Imitation Game]]'', a dramatization of Alan Turing's life.<ref name="the-times">{{cite news| url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/how-accurate-is-the-imitation-game-sir-john-dermot-turing-reveals-all-lnxkh5xbb6g | first=Alex | last=O’Connell | title=How accurate is The Imitation Game? Sir John Dermot Turing reveals all | newspaper=[[The Times]] | location=UK | date=14 November 2014 | access-date=22 January 2018 }}</ref><ref name="evening-standard">{{cite news| url=https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/sir-john-dermot-turing-the-imitation-game-tells-the-full-story-of-my-codebreaking-uncle-10033536.html | first=Sir John Dermot | last=Turing | title=Sir John Dermot Turing: The Imitation Game tells the full story of my codebreaking uncle | newspaper=[[Evening Standard]] | location=UK | date=9 February 2015 | accessdate=22 January 2018 }}</ref><ref name="getsurrey">{{cite web| url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/alan-turings-nephew-out-dispel-10283017 | first=Andre | last=Langlois | title=Alan Turing's nephew – out to dispel some myths | website=getSURREY | location=UK | date=19 October 2015 | accessdate=22 January 2018 }}</ref> In 2018, he published ''[[X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken]]''.<ref>[https://dermotturing.com/my-recent-books/x-y-z-the-real-story-of-how-enigma-was-broken/ Dermot Turing, ''X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken'']</ref>
===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 people|Polish]] in breaking the Enigma Code.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-07-05|title=Sir Dermot Turing awarded Polish state decoration for highlighting the role of Poles in breaking the Enigma Code|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/unitedkingdom/sir-dermot-turing-awarded-polish-state-decoration-for-highlighting-the-role-of-poles-in-breaking-the-enigma-code|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115091320/https://www.gov.pl/web/unitedkingdom/sir-dermot-turing-awarded-polish-state-decoration-for-highlighting-the-role-of-poles-in-breaking-the-enigma-code |archive-date=15 January 2021 |access-date=2020-08-07|website=gov.pl}}</ref> He is a visiting [[fellow]] at [[Kellogg College, Oxford]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/our-people/sir-dermot-turing/|title = Sir Dermot Turing}}</ref>
==Family Tree== Turing is the nephew of Alan Turing<ref name="copeland17">{{cite book| authorlink=Jack Copeland | last1=Copeland | first1=Jack | authorlink2=Jonathan Bowen | last2=Bowen | first2=Jonathan | last3=Sprevak | first3=Mark | authorlink4=Robin Wilson (mathematician) | last4=Wilson | first4=Robin |display-authors=et al | title=The Turing Guide | publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] | year=2017 | isbn=978-0198747833 | pages=479 | chapter=Notes on Contributors }}</ref><ref name="lboro">{{cite web| url=https://blog.lboro.ac.uk/sbe/2016/10/05/an-interview-with-dermot-turing-alan-turings-nephew/ | title=An interview with Dermot Turing: Alan Turing's nephew | publisher=[[Loughborough University]] | location=UK | date=5 October 2016 | accessdate=22 January 2018 }}</ref> and the 12th [[Baronet]] in the [[Turing baronetcy]].<ref name=whoswho/> 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)<ref name=whoswho/>
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