# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frederick-jackson-turner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:08:54.834Z

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name: "Frederick Jackson Turner"
slug: "frederick-jackson-turner"
description: "Frederick Jackson Turner 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."
tagline: "American historian (1861-1932)"
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birthDate: "1861-11-14"
deathDate: "1932-03-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump