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Frederick Turner

1910 – 2001

English Jesuit schoolmaster, archivist and librarian

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Lived 1910 – 2001 (aged 90–91). Frederick Turner was a catholic priest and archivist.

Frederick Turner (27 October 1910 – 2001) was an English Jesuit priest, archivist, librarian and headmaster at Stonyhurst College.

Birth Frederick Joseph Turner was born on 27 October 1910 at Lytham St Annes, Lancashire of recusant stock, the only son of Joseph William Turner, a successful solicitor. An earlier member of his family had been Bishop William Turner, the first Bishop of Salford (1851-1872). Turner went to University College, Oxford, in 1929, and secured first-class honours in Mods and Greats. In 1952, he was named prefect of studies. From 1961-1963 he served as Headmaster. He returned to Beaumont until, in 1967, he came back to Stonyhurst, where he remained for the next 33 years. After an active teaching career, he was in 1971 appointed house librarian and archivist, which put him in charge of the school's four great libraries, one of which, the Museum, was demolished in 1974 to make way for Higher Line Common Room.

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Birth century
Died
2001
Education
University College, Oxford, Heythrop College, University of London

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English Jesuit schoolmaster, archivist and librarian

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Frederick Turner was born on 27 October 1910.

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Frederick Turner died in 2001.

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Frederick Turner was a catholic priest and archivist.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Frederick Turner

· Wikidata: Q5498896

· DBpedia: Frederick Turner (Jesuit)

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