Lorenzo Dow Turner
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1890 – 1972
Who was Lorenzo Dow Turner?
Lorenzo Dow Turner was an African-American academic and linguist who did seminal research on the Gullah language of the Low Country of coastal South Carolina and Georgia. His studies included recordings of Gullah speakers in the 1930s. As head of the English departments at Howard University and Fisk University for a combined total of nearly 30 years, he strongly influenced their programs. He created the African Studies curriculum at Fisk, was chair of the African Studies Program at Roosevelt University, and in the early 1960s, cofounded a training program for Peace Corps volunteers going to Africa.
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- Born
- Aug 21, 1890
North Carolina - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Fisk University
- University of Chicago
- Harvard University
- University of London
- Died
- 1972
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on July 23, 2013
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