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 Jonathan Baldwin Turner - Jacksonville, IL Posted by:  YoSam.
N 39° 43.900 W 090° 14.841
15S E 735899 N 4401599
Professor of English who proposed Federal air for farmers.
Waymark Code: WMAMCG
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 01/29/2011
Views: 1
Marker Text:
This tablet honors the memory
JONATHAN BALDWIN TURNER
Professor of English at Illinois College, great citizen of Illinois, who in February, 1852, first publicly proposed federal aid for a national system of agricultural and industrial universities, and whose devoted efforts towards the realization of this concept earned him the title:
"Father of the Land Grant Act of 1862."
Erected in the centennial year of the Land Grant Act
County: Morgan County
Historical Society: University of Illinois
Dedication Date: April 13, 1962
Location: Lafayette St., Illinois College Campus, Jacksonville
Website: [Web Link]
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