Each age tries to form its ... by Frederick Jackson Turner, an American Historian

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“Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the conditions uppermost in its own time.”

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Frederick Jackson Turner

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Name: Frederick Jackson Turner

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Nov 14, 1932

Profession: Historian

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