TURNER, Sharon, a distinguished historian, was born at London, September 24, 1768. He received his education at a school at Pentonville, and at the age of fifteen was articled to an attorney in the Temple. On the death of his master, before his term of clerkship had expired, Turner took up and carried on the business on his own account. Even while a clerk, he had indulged during his leisure hours a taste for literature and composition; and soon after his establishment in business for himself, he began to collect materials for his chief work, The History of the Anglo-Saxons; the first volume of which was published in 1799, and the third in 1805. He afterwards continued the history down to the death of Queen Elizabeth; and the whole work, comprising 12 vols., has taken its place among the standard books upon the subject. He wrote also The Sacred History of the World, in 3 vols., and several es-
says and poems. Until an advanced age, he continued to conduct an extensive business in the midst of his literary labours. Sharon Turner died in London, February 13, 1847.