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Frederick Turner (born 1943) is an English–American poet affiliated with the literary movement known as New Formalism. He is the author of three full-length science fiction epic poems , The New World , Genesis and Apocalypse ; several books of his poetry and literary translations ; and a number of other works.
Frederick W. Turner (sometimes Frederick Turner), born in Chicago in 1937, [1] is an American writer of history, including an acclaimed biography of the naturalist John Muir, and historical novels. He has published a revised and annotated edition of Geronimo 's 1906 autobiography.
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.
The Frontier Thesis, also known as Turner's Thesis or American frontierism, is the argument by historian Frederick Jackson Turner in 1893 that the settlement and colonization of the rugged American frontier was decisive in forming the culture of American democracy and distinguishing it from European nations.
Fred Turner (musician) (born 1943), Canadian founding member of Bachman–Turner Overdrive; W. Fred Turner (1922–2003), American attorney; F. A. Turner (1858–1923), American actor, sometimes credited as Fred Turner; Frederick C. Turner Jr., American soldier and educator, first Black student and faculty member at Arkansas State University
Frederick Jackson Turner "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" is a seminal essay by the American historian Frederick Jackson Turner which advanced the Frontier thesis of American history. Turner's thesis had a significant impact on how people in the late 19th and early 20th centuries understood American identity, character ...
Frederick C. Turner was born on June 13, 1923, in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Charles J. and Margaret Turner. He graduated from the high school in summer 1941 and following the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor, he tried to enlist the United States Navy, but was rejected due to young age. His parents refused to sign enlistment papers for ...
Charles Frederick Turner (born October 16, 1943) is a Canadian rock bassist, vocalist and songwriter, and was a founding member of the 1970s rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive (B.T.O.). He is credited on most B.T.O. albums as "C.F. Turner".