Fred Turner
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Fred Turner may refer to:
- Fred L. TurnerFred L. TurnerFrederick Leo Turner is an American restaurant industry executive, and former chair and CEO of McDonald's....
, retired McDonald's Chairman - Fred Turner (academic)Fred Turner (academic)Fred Turner is an Assistant Professor at Stanford University in the Department of Communication and the acclaimed author of two books:* From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network and the Rise of Digital Utopianism...
- Fred Turner (botanist)Fred Turner (botanist)Fred Turner was an Australian botanist.-Biography:He went to Australia in 1874, where he joined the staff of the Government Gardens at Brisbane and remained for five years, when he became botanist to the Department of Agriculture of New South Wales, and consulting botanist to the West Australian...
(1852 - 1939), Australian botanist - Fred Turner (footballer)Fred Turner (footballer)Frederick Arthur Turner was an English footballer who played at right back for Southampton in the 1950s, before his death from leukemia.-Career:...
(1930 – 1955), English footballer - Fred Turner (musician)Fred Turner (musician)Charles Frederick "Fred" Turner is a Canadian rock bassist, vocalist and songwriter, and was a founding member of the 1970s rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive . He is credited on early Bachman–Turner Overdrive and B.T.O. albums as "C.F...
- W. Fred TurnerW. Fred TurnerW. Fred Turner was an American attorney. He was the lawyer who successfully defended Clarence Earl Gideon in the second trial that was given to him after the Gideon vs. Wainwright case overturned his conviction. The story behind this famous case was told in Anthony Lewis's 1964 book Gideon's...
(lawyer) - F. A. TurnerF. A. TurnerF. A. Turner was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 68 films between 1914 and 1922. He was born in New York.-Selected filmography:* Home, Sweet Home * The Quicksands...
, American actor, sometimes credited as Fred Turner - Freddy TurnerFreddy TurnerFrederick 'Freddy' George Turner was a South African rugby union international who represented his country in 11 Tests. Some source have his name as Freddie Turner....
, South African rugby player - Frederick Harding TurnerFrederick Harding TurnerFrederick Harding Turner was a rugby union player. He was killed in World War I in the trenches near Kemmel on 10 January 1915 in a trench occupied by his platoon of the Liverpool Scottish when overseeing the organisation of a barbed wire entanglement.He played for Oxford University RFC, and...
, Scottish rugby player - Frederick Jackson TurnerFrederick Jackson TurnerFrederick Jackson Turner was an American historian in the early 20th century. He is best known for his essay "The Significance of the Frontier in American History", whose ideas are referred to as the Frontier Thesis. He is also known for his theories of geographical sectionalism...
, American historian - Frederick Turner SJFrederick Turner SJThe Reverend Frederick Turner, SJ, who died aged 90 in 2001, was archivist, librarian and former headmaster at Stonyhurst College.-Birth:Frederick Joseph Turner was born on 27 October 1910 at Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, the only son of Joseph William Turner, a successful solicitor...
, archivist and librarian - Frederick Turner (poet)Frederick Turner (poet)is an American poet, polymath and academic. He is the author of two science fiction epic poems, The New World and Genesis, several books of poetry, and a number of scholarly works on topics ranging from beauty and the biological basis of artistic production and appreciation to complexity and Julius...
, American poet - Frederick W. Turner (1937-), American author, editor of GeronimoGeronimoGeronimo was a prominent Native American leader of the Chiricahua Apache who fought against Mexico and the United States for their expansion into Apache tribal lands for several decades during the Apache Wars. Allegedly, "Geronimo" was the name given to him during a Mexican incident...
's autobiography, Redemption, The Go-Between