Joseph Schafer (1867-1941) was the first academically trained historian in the U.S. state of

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. He studied with

Frederick Jackson Turner Frederick Jackson Turner (November 14, 1861 – March 14, 1932) was an American historian during the early 20th century, based at the University of Wisconsin until 1910, and then Harvard University. He was known primarily for his frontier thes ...

, and chaired the history department at the

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from 1900 to 1920. He authored ''A History of the Pacific Northwest'' in 1905 and revised it in 1918; the book was considered the standard history of the region into the 1950s.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schafer, Joseph 1867 births 1941 deaths Academics from Oregon Historians of Oregon