Jonathan Baldwin Turner
American academic (1805–1899) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jonathan Baldwin Turner (December 7, 1805 – January 10, 1899) was a classical scholar, ordained minister, professor, campaigner for the abolition of slavery, and political activist.
He was an early voice calling for land grant universities.[1][2] In 1835, Turner married Rhodolphia Kibbe, and they eventually had seven children.[3][4]
Turner was the author of "A Plan for an Industrial University" for the state of Illinois's Farmer's Convention at Granville in 1851.[5] He had laid out a plan for a national grant for each state to have an industrial and mechanical college.[6] A similar plan was later introduced in the Senate by Senator Justin Morrill and became law as the Morrill Land-Grant Act in 1862.[7]