The Alan Turing Memorial, situated in the Whitworth Gardens in Manchester, England, is in memory of a father of modern computing. Turing died in 1954 after being prosecuted by the police because of his (then illegal) homosexuality. As such he is as much a gay icon as an icon of computing, and it's no coincidence that this memorial is situated near Canal Street, Manchester's famous gay village. He is sitting on a bench situated in a central position in the park. On Turing's left is the University of Manchester and on his right is Manchester's gay village.