Frederick Jackson Turner
Frederick Jackson Turner
Frederick Jackson Turnerwas an American historian in the early 20th century, based at the University of Wisconsin until 1910, and then at Harvard. He trained many PhDs who came to occupy prominent places in the history profession. He promoted interdisciplinary and quantitative methods, often with a focus on the Midwest. He is best known for his essay "The Significance of the Frontier in American History", whose ideas formed the Frontier Thesis. He argued that the moving western frontier shaped American...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth14 November 1932
CountryUnited States of America
Frederick Jackson Turner quotes about
The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement, explain American development.