Jonathan Baldwin Turner

alt=A boulder bearing a rusted, bronze inscription dedicated to Turner 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. In 1835, Turner married Rhodolphia Kibbe, and they eventually had seven children.

Turner was the author of "A Plan for an Industrial University" for the state of Illinois's Farmer's Convention at Granville in 1851. He had laid out a plan for a national grant for each state to have an industrial and mechanical college. A similar plan was later introduced in the Senate by Senator Justin Morrill and became law as the Morrill Land-Grant Act in 1862. Provided by Wikipedia
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