From: www.bbc.co.uk
Enigma genius Alan Turing papers saved for the nation
Alan Turing is credited with a key role in breaking wartime German codes
A last minute donation from the National Heritage Memorial Fund has saved the papers of the computing genius Alan Turing for the nation.
The collection of scientific papers and material relating to Turing's work on wartime codebreaking was in danger of going abroad.
He was one of the founding fathers of modern computing and a key figure in breaking the German Enigma code.
The National Heritage Memorial Fund's £200,000 donation filled the gap.
The papers were put up for auction last year and an internet campaign swung into action.
The aim was to save the papers for the museum at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, where Turing worked breaking codes during the war.
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I lobbied Ed Vaizey, the Arts Minister, to change the rules on the export of key papers and I wrote a letter to The Guardian on the same topic.
Maybe in a small way, my contribution helped the Government re-think its position, along with many others.