Ralph Edmund Turner (November 6, 1893 – October 5, 1964) was an American historian, author andprofessor emeritus ofYale University. He was also one of the planners forUNESCO. Turner first became a professor at Yale from 1944 until his retirement in 1961.^[1][2] In 1925, he published several books including atextbook calledAmerica in Civilization.^[3]

Ralph Edmund Turner was born on November 6, 1893 inAnthon, Iowa.^[1] He began to study at theUniversity of Iowa and graduated sometime in 1917.^[4] In 1934, he was dismissed from theUniversity of Pittsburgh due to an unprecedentedacademic freedom violation.^[5]

• Turner, Ralph E. (1925).America in Civilization. New York: F.S. Crofts.OCLC 6398184.^[1][6][7]
• — (1933).James Silk Buckingham: A Social Biography. New York: Whittlesey House,McGraw-Hill Book Company.OCLC 6180299.^[1][8]
• — (1941).The Great Cultural Traditions. New York:McGraw-Hill Book Company.OCLC 525952. (two volumes)^[1][9]

• 1893 births
• 1964 deaths
• 20th-century American historians
• University of Iowa alumni
• Yale University faculty
• People from Woodbury County, Iowa

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