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Nov 10, 2014 · Joan Clarke, the only female codebreaker to work alongside Alan Turing and his team during WW2, is brought to prominence by Keira Knightley in The Imitation Game.
- Bletchley heroine Joan Clarke on engagement to Alan Turing - BBC
Joan Clarke, the only female codebreaker to work alongside...
- Bletchley heroine Joan Clarke on engagement to Alan Turing - BBC
Dec 5, 2014 · Was Alan Turing really engaged to Joan Clarke? Yes. In the movie, we see Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) ask Joan Clarke (Keira Knightley) to marry him as a way to keep her at Bletchley Park, since her parents want her to move on with her life and find a husband.
Clarke became deputy head of Hut 8 in 1944, although she was prevented from progressing because of her sex, and was paid less than the men, £2 per week. Relationship with Turing. Clarke and Turing had been close friends since soon after they met, and continued to be until Turing's death in 1954.
Dec 1, 2014 · Portrayed by Keira Knightley in The Imitation Game movie, the real Joan Clarke discusses her engagement to Alan Turing and learning of his homosexuality. Despite Turing's interest in Clarke, she says that their relationship was not very physical.
Nov 10, 2014 · Joan Clarke, the only female codebreaker to work alongside Alan Turing and his team at Bletchley Park, recounts the moment the mathematician, who was gay, proposed to her.
Dec 3, 2014 · Turing and Clarke kept in touch after their engagement ended, and Turing even tried to rekindle their relationship after a couple of years, but Clarke rebuffed him.
Sep 4, 1996 · In the spring of 1941, Joan Clarke developed a close friendship with her Hut 8 colleague Alan Turing. Clarke and Turing had actually met previously to working at Bletchley Park, as Turing was a friend of her older brother.
