New £50 note will feature a British scientist

[admin]

Turing... he's owed endless recognition that he should have had in life.

Andy Davis the same can be said for Ada Lovelace.

Agreed. Alan Turing, Charles Babbage, or Tim Berners-Lee should be the leading candidates. All three quite literally changed the world via computing, though I feel honouring Alan Turing would just be right, given his mistreatment by our government and our legal system.



Brandon Kinson Ada Lovelace also changed the world via computing.

Turing definitely - amazing scientist, badly treated by our country who should get recognition for his work.

Turing would be an excellent choice.

 

[Lise Hayden]

Rosalind Franklin, but they all are extraordinary scientists. People already know the very famous names....Ada Lovelace was also remarkable but maybe unknown.

 

[John Mcdowell]

I suggest Hedy Lamarr.
Hollywood actress, but also invented frequency hopping guidance system for torpedoes in WW2, and is the basis for Bluetooth and WiFi.

 

[Scott Simpson]

I've voted for Turing but I'm happy with Hawking too.

 

[Jim Liddell]

The UK's new £50 note? Don't you mean the Bank of England note? The Bank of England does not represent the UK. It can have Bugs Bunny on it for all I care.