W. Turrentine "Turpie" Jackson (1915,

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– 28 May 2000) was an American professor of history, specializing in Western U.S. history.

Biography

Jackson grew up in El Paso, Texas. He graduated in 1935 with B.A. from

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(now the University of Texas at El Paso) and in 1940 with Ph.D. from the

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, where his thesis advisor was

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. Jackson taught at

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, the

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, the

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, and four other universities and also served in the intelligence division of the U. S. Navy, before he joined in 1951 the faculty of the history department of the

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. He taught there until he began phased retirement in 1982 with full retirement in 1985. Jackson's research covered policy history and social history. He debunked the stereotype of rugged individualism and small property owners in the Old West with evidence for development involving U.S. government surveys, U.S. federal subsidies, and international capital. He published extensively and served on the editorial boards of several academic journals. Three of his books won prizes.

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hired Jackson as a consultant and corporate historian.

Awards and honors

* 1957 — Guggenheim Fellowship for the academic year 1957–1958 * 1964 — Guggenheim Fellowship for the academic year 1964–1965 * 1977 — elected president of the Western History Association

Selected publications

Articles

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Books

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1979 pbk reprint
* with Maurice Frink and Agnes Wright Spring: * 2016 ebook
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as editor

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, William Turrentine 1915 births 2000 deaths 20th-century American historians 20th-century American male writers University of Texas at El Paso alumni University of Texas at Austin alumni University of California, Davis faculty Historians of the American West American male non-fiction writers