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| 1. | Frederick Jackson, 1861–1932, U.S. historian. |
| 2. | Joseph Mal⋅lord William, [mal-erd] , 1775–1851, English painter. |
| 3. | Joseph Vernon (“Big Joe” ), 1911–85, U.S. jazz and blues singer. |
| 4. | Nat, 1800–31, American black slave leader: led uprising of slaves in Southampton County, Virginia, 1831. |
| Tur·ner (tûr'nər) American historian who emphasized the importance of the frontier in American history. |