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Frederick Jackson Turner

1861 - 1932

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Frederick Jackson Turner (November 14, 1861 – March 14, 1932) was an American historian during the early 20th century, based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison until 1910, and then Harvard University. He was known primarily for his frontier thesis. He trained many PhDs who went on to become well-known historians. He promoted interdisciplinary and quantitative methods, often with an emphasis on the Midwestern United States. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick Jackson Turner is the 266th most popular historian (down from 196th in 2019), the 4,561st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,231st in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Frederick Jackson Turner ranks 266 out of 561. Before him are William H. Prescott, Lucius Coelius Antipater, Philistus, Hermann Conring, Thomas the Archdeacon, and Peter Brown. After him are Festus, Elishe, André Clot, A. H. M. Jones, Maxime Rodinson, and Ahmad Kasravi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Frederick Jackson Turner ranks 84. Before him are Charlie Soong, Félix Fénéon, Auguste Vaillant, Jacques-Émile Blanche, Motilal Nehru, and Morgan Robertson. After him are Curt von Bardeleben, Lucien Simon, Paul Ranson, E. Pauline Johnson, Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg, and Katō Tomosaburō. Among people deceased in 1932, Frederick Jackson Turner ranks 74. Before him are Jalil Mammadguluzadeh, Marcel Boulenger, Maximilian Voloshin, Francisco S. Carvajal, Augusto B. Leguía, and Julius Röntgen. After him are Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Peg Entwistle, Begum Rokeya, Paul Gorguloff, Émile Grumiaux, and Edward Marsh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frederick Jackson Turner ranks 4,561 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Elmore Ross (1874), Harry Hillman (1881), Dick Button (1929), Kelly Johnson (1910), George Crumb (1929), and Clarence Clemons (1942). After him are Edward Gorey (1925), Josephine Hull (1877), Elihu Yale (1649), Hyman Minsky (1919), Erin Brockovich (1960), and AJ McLean (1978).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Frederick Jackson Turner ranks 17. Before him are Howard Zinn (1922), Deborah Lipstadt (1947), Rudolph Rummel (1932), Natalie Zemon Davis (1928), Richard G. Hovannisian (1932), and William H. Prescott (1796). After him are Efraim Zuroff (1948), Robert Darnton (1939), Donald Keene (1922), Richard N. Frye (1920), Ernest Fenollosa (1853), and Joan Wallach Scott (1941).

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