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Frederick Jackson Turner   /frˈɛdrɪk dʒˈæksən tˈərnər/   Listen
Frederick Jackson Turner

noun
1.
United States historian who stressed the role of the western frontier in American history (1861-1951).  Synonym: Turner.






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"Frederick jackson turner" Quotes from Famous Books



... development of the land. The varying peculiarities of the different groups of men who have pushed the frontier westward at different times and places remain stamped with greater or less clearness on the people of the communities that grow up in the frontier's stead. [Footnote: Frederick Jackson Turner: "The Significance of the Frontier in American History." A suggestive pamphlet, published by the State ...
— The Winning of the West, Volume Three - The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790 • Theodore Roosevelt



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