Turing's school reports

Alex Bellos:

My post yesterday about Alan Turing's library list was my most read ever!

There's obviously an appetite for Turing stuff - and so here is some more.

Rachel Hassall, the archivist at Sherborne, where Turing was at school, has transcribed his entire school reports, printed below.

It's interesting to see how he changes from an untidy and careless mathematician to a distinguished scholar.

At the end of his first term headmaster O' Hanlon writes: "He has his own furrow to plough & may not meet with general sympathy..."

At the end of his second term the maths teacher writes that he "should do well if he can quicken up a little." Er, yes...

Posted by Jim Zellmer at March 2, 2012 2:34 AM
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