Jonathan Baldwin Turner | |
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 Turner in the 1860s | |
| Born | December 7, 1805 |
| Died | January 10, 1899 (aged 93) |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Known for | Land grant universities |
| Notable work | "A Plan for an Industrial University" |
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Jonathan Baldwin Turner (December 7, 1805 – January 10, 1899) was an American classical scholar, an ordained minister, a professor, an agriculturalist, an abolitionist, and a political activist. He also led a political movement to create agriculture colleges,[1] and campaigned to institute land grant universities.[2][3] He established the use of the thorny "hedge apple" planted to form a barrier in North America. In 1835, Turner married Rhodolphia Kibbe and they had seven children.[4][5]
Turner was the author of "A Plan for an Industrial University" for the state of Illinois's Farmer's Convention at Granville in 1851.[6] He had laid out a plan for a national grant to provide an industrial and mechanical college for each US state.[7] A similar plan was later introduced in the Senate by Senator Justin Morrill and became law as the Morrill Land-Grant Act in 1862, establishing many of the United States' public colleges and universities.[8]
- ^ Dodd, William E. (1911). "Review of The Origin of the Land Grant Act of 1862 and Some Account of Its Author, Jonathan B. Turner". American Journal of Sociology. 17 (3): 406–407. doi:10.1086/211983. ISSN 0002-9602. JSTOR 2763175.
- ^ "Jonathan Baldwin Turner: Reformer and Visionary". Illinois History and Lincoln Collections. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. September 14, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ Inman, Dean M. (1924). "Professor Jonathan Baldwin Turner and the Granville Convention". Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. 17 (1/2): 144–150. ISSN 0019-2287. JSTOR 40186966.
- ^ "Papers Of Abraham Lincoln". papersofabrahamlincoln.org. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
- ^ "Letter from Jonathan Baldwin Turner to Rhodolphia Kibbe, November 12, 1834". Digital Collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ Turner, Jonathan Baldwin (September 10, 2010). A Plan For An Industrial University For The State Of Illinois. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 978-1-164-11398-0.
- ^ James, Edmund J. (November 1910). The origin of the Land grant act of 1862: (the so-called Morrill act) and some account of its author, Jonathan B. Turner. Urbana-Champaign: University Press.
- ^ Ross, Earle D. (1938). "The "Father" of the Land-Grant College". Agricultural History. 12 (2): 151–186. ISSN 0002-1482. JSTOR 3739423. On Justin S. Morrill versus Turner for credit for the land grant university plan.